red |
be-ni |
red |
hi |
red as in red Bekko |
a-ka |
red at base of pectoral fins of Kohaku |
te-aka |
red disc on the head of a white koi as featured in the Japanese flag |
hi-no-ma-ru |
red gill plates ancestor of Kohaku |
hoo
a-ka |
red head or face pattern |
ha-chi-bi |
red head or face pattern |
ka-bu-to |
red head or face pattern |
men-ka-bu-ri |
red koi with white pectoral fin, caudal fin and tail fin tips |
A-ka Ha-ji-ro |
red lipstick mark on mouth |
ku-chi be-ne |
red on Kohaku extends all of the way
to the tail with no tail stop |
zo-bon-ha-ki |
red on the forehead |
zu-kin-ka-bur-i |
red on the stomach of Kohaku |
ha-ra hi |
red pattern at the base of pectoral fin in Gosanke |
mo-to
a-ka |
red pattern covered below lateral line |
ma-ki-ko-mi |
red pattern from had to tail on Showa |
Hi jo-wa |
red pattern wrapping around the stomach |
ma-ki-ba-ra |
red, yellow or white koi with pine cone pattern in black |
Ma-tsu-ba |
rippling blue water |
su-i |
round |
ma-ru |
sagging abdomen or stomach |
ha-ra-shi-ta |
Sanke bloodline known for large size |
Ma-tsu-no-su-ke |
Sanke with metallic pectoral fins |
bun-ka |
Sanke with only red mark on the head |
Tan-cho San-ke |
Sanke with top of body completely red with black spots |
A-ka San-ke |
scale |
ur-o-ko |
scale as in Gin Rin |
rin |
shadow or phantom black |
Ka-ge |
sheen of skin on a scaled koi |
tsu-ya |
shiny spot in the center of each scale in rows |
Ni-I-ga-ta Gin Rin |
shiny spot in the center of each scale in rows |
Ta-ma
Gin Rin |
shiny spot in the center of each scale in rows |
tsu-ba gin
rin |
shoulder sumi mark preferred on Showa |
ka-ta zu-mi (sumi) |
Showa with Asagi netting pattern on the back |
Ka-ge Sho-wa |
Showa with only red mark on the head |
Tan-cho Sho-wa |
Showa with unfinished black pattern that appears as grey netting |
Bo-ke Sho-wa |
Shusui where the doitsu scales have a silver shine |
Pearl Shu-su-i |
Shusui with green replacing the blue |
zu-i-un |
Shusui with red wrapping from the belly all the way up to the dorsal |
Hi Shu-su-i |
Shusui with yellow replacing the red pattern |
Ki Shu-su-i |
silver grey metallic koi |
Ne-zu
O-gon |
silver metallic koi with black pinecone pattern |
Gin Ma-tsu-ba |
silver metallic Shusui |
Gin Su-i |
single color metallic koi |
O-gon |
single step, unbroken red pattern |
Nip-pon
Hi |
single step, unbroken red pattern |
o-mo-yo |
single white scale in color spot |
ko-ke-su-ki |
size |
BU |
skin |
ha-da |
skin texture |
ji-ha-da |
small black spot on less than 1 scale of a Kohaku |
shi-mi |
small red pattern on Kohaku |
ko
mo-yo |
small spots of red like paint splashes |
to-bi
hi |
solid color koi with black in th center of Doitsu scales |
Doit-su mat-su-ba |
solid red koi |
A-ka Mu-ji |
star like shape of red pigment stretched as koi grows which fills in to solid red
later |
ho-shi |
stomach tumor |
cho-man |
tail fin |
o-bi-re |
tail stop |
o-do-me |
tail stop |
o-zu-ke |
thick luster around scales |
fu-ku-rin |
thin red color |
ko-be-su-ki |
three |
san |
three colored koi" from Taisho era |
Tai-sho
San-sho-ku |
two |
ni |
two metallic color koi with black netting |
Ku-ja-ku |
two metallic color koi with gold and silver patterns and no black; sometines has its
own class |
Ha-ri-wa-ke |
unstable, flat black color pattern |
na-be
su-mi |
Utsuri with red body |
Hi U-tsu-ri |
Utsuri with white body |
Shi-ro
U-tsu-ri |
Utsuri with yellow body |
Ki U-tsu-ri |
V shaped black mark behind the head on a Showa |
ha-chi-wa-re |
very deep red koi |
Be-ni goi |
water |
mi-zu |
white |
shi-ro |
white base color koi koi with red pattern covered with blue/purple netting like a
cluster of grapes |
Bu-do San-ke |
white base color koi with 5 colors with red pattern and blue, dark blue and black
net pattern on red and white |
Go-shi-ki |
white base color koi with red and wrapping black markings |
Sho-wa
San-sho-ku |
white base color koi with red pattern and blue or black netting only on the red pattern |
Go-ro-mo |
white base color koi with red pattern and blue or black netting only on the red pattern |
Ko-ro-mo |
white base color koi with red pattern covered with blue netting |
Ai
Go-ro-mo |
white base color with shiny black spot pattern |
Be-kko |
white metallic koi |
Pu-ra
chi-na |
yellow |
ki |
yellow |
yam-a-bu-ki |