Editing Common carp (section)

===Reproduction===
An egg-layer, a typical adult female can lay 300,000 eggs in a single [[Spawn (biology)|spawn]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carp-fishing.org/ |title=Carp Fishing for carp fishing information |publisher=Carp-fishing.org |access-date=2011-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221191050/http://www.carp-fishing.org/ |archive-date=2017-02-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Although carp typically spawn in the spring, in response to rising water temperatures and rainfall, carp can spawn multiple times in a season. In commercial operations, spawning is often stimulated using a process called hypophysation, where [[Freeze drying|lyophilized]] pituitary extract is injected into the fish. The pituitary extract contains gonadotropic hormones, which stimulate gonad maturation and sex steroid production, ultimately promoting reproduction.{{Cn|date=April 2021}}