Physical characteristics
There are many types of Asian carps, but the main ones are grass carp, bighead carp, silver carp, and black carp.
Asian carp
-Bighead carp can grow up to 60 inches and 110 pounds.
- Silver carp can grow up to 40 inches and 60 pounds.
- Asian carp are great eater, eating up to 40% of their body weight in a day.
- Asian carp are abundant spawners, spawning multiple times annually, with up to 1 million eggs per spawn.
- Asian carp populations in the Upper Mississippi River are doubling every year.
- Silver carp can jump 10 feet out of the water, and are easily disturbed by watercraft, resulting in thousands of leaping fish.
Asian carp
-Bighead carp can grow up to 60 inches and 110 pounds.
- Silver carp can grow up to 40 inches and 60 pounds.
- Asian carp are great eater, eating up to 40% of their body weight in a day.
- Asian carp are abundant spawners, spawning multiple times annually, with up to 1 million eggs per spawn.
- Asian carp populations in the Upper Mississippi River are doubling every year.
- Silver carp can jump 10 feet out of the water, and are easily disturbed by watercraft, resulting in thousands of leaping fish.