Educational Articles on Koi
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Hachi Hi ハチ緋
Hi pattern on Nishikigoi's head. The same definition as tohi
Hachi ハチ
A head of Nishikigoi
Hajiro 羽白
Black scaled Nishikigoi with white tipped pectoral fins and a white belly
Hageshiro 禿白
Hageshiro are Karasugoi with a white head
Goshiki 五色
Goshiki has fundamentally the same requirements for Hi patter as Kohaku. There...
Gosanke 御三家
The three major Japanese Nishikigoi varieties, Kohaku, Sanke and Showa
Fushusho 浮腫症
Dropsy
Fukurin 覆輪
The fan-shaped edges of the scales. Originally fukurin is the term to describe...
Doitsugoi ドイツ鯉
Koi that are not fully scaled and usually with a row of scales along each...
Dan Moyo 段模様
Stepped pattern
Beni 紅
Deep red
Beni Kikokuryu 紅輝黒竜
Kikokuryu with hi patches, produced from crossing a female Kikusui with a male...
