Yilmaz, F. (2002) Reproductive biology of the tench Tinca tinca (L., 1758) inhabiting Porsuk Dam Lake (Kutahya, Turkey). Fisheries Research (Amsterdam) [Fish. Res.], pp. 313-317
| Species | Development state | Trait | Primary Data | Secondary Data |
| Tinca tinca | Female | Age at sexual maturity | Mostly at 4, some at 3 for females | 4.0 year |
| Tinca tinca | Female | Length at sexual maturity | 23.9±1.4 for female at age 4 | 23.9 cm |
| Tinca tinca | Female | Weight at sexual maturity | 0.216 ± 0.016 for female at age 4 | 0.22 kg |
| Tinca tinca | Female | Relative fecundity | 63.73-100.24 for age 4 at 7 respectively | 81.98 thousand eggs/kg |
| Tinca tinca | Female | Absolute fecundity | 13-43 | 28.0 thousand eggs |
| Tinca tinca | Female | Onset of oogenesis | August already at 2% | ['August'] |
| Tinca tinca | Female | Intensifying oogenesis activity | From March to June, but quite regular increase from August until June | ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November'] |
| Tinca tinca | Female | Maximum GSI value | 17% [In June] | 17.0 percent |
| Tinca tinca | Female | Oogenesis duration | July-August | 3.0 months |
| Tinca tinca | Female | Resting period | Nearly 0 in July | 2.0 months |
| Tinca tinca | Male | Age at sexual maturity | Mostly at 4, few at 2-3 | 2.5 years |
| Tinca tinca | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | Begins in late April and continues through early July | ['April', 'July'] |
| Tinca tinca | Spawning conditions | Spawning period duration | 6-8 [Begins in late April and continues through early July] | 7.0 weeks |