Grass carp is a common freshwater fish, they can eat. Many people do not find fish roe when eating grass carp, so they will think that grass carp has no fish roe. In fact, grass carp have roe, most species of female fish will have roe, but need to meet certain age conditions. Grass carp, too, need to be sexually mature before they have roe. And grass carp sexual maturity is relatively late, generally speaking, when about 4 years old, sometimes grass carp sexual maturity age is later, in about 5 years old to mature.
The grass carp we see on the market are sometimes relatively young, such as 2-3 years old grass carp. It is normal for grass carp at this age to have no roe, because they have not reached the age of sexual maturity. This situation makes many people mistakenly believe that grass carp has no roe, but in fact it is just too young.
As mentioned above, grass carp has roe. The color of different fish roe is different, and sometimes very different, some are white, some are yellow, some are gray and so on. Grass carp roe is generally gray-white, some look opaque, some are transparent. If you buy an older female grass carp, you can observe the color of the roe in their belly. In addition, the roe of some grass carp is more like green, which is the result of the blood vessels or organs of grass carp.
