Kohaku possess a white colored body together with red marks.
Often the marks seem to possess a more orange color compared to red.
However even if they are red or orange, they are nevertheless known as kohaku.
Should you come across a koi which is mainly red (or Hi as is the exact Koi description for red) along with several black marks, this fish is named the Taisho Sanke and also occasionally called the Taisho Sanshoku.
When talking about koi, the black marks are called Sumi.
In this large category, should you dare scrape the surface, you will discover a lot more designations of koi fish.
As an example, there is a color-pattern mix referred to as the Straight Hi.
The red color on these specific fish is best identified as interconnecting "meandering islands" of red.
You can also come across fish along with red marks where the red looks like a lightning bolt.
No, they are not referred to as the "Harry Potter" koi, however that is a good guess.
Instead, they are called Inazuma and the red here is likewise interconnected.
Should you notice a Kohaku sort of koi fish with what many call a "two-step pattern", in that case you discovered a Nidan.
Ni, in addition, means "two" in Japanese.
This kind of fish has got 2 entirely specific "islands of red" on it's body.
The Sandan possesses what's normally called a "three-step" pattern.
And of course, you happen to be totally correct.
San means "three" in Japanese.
And this koi is graced along with 3 separate "islands" of red on his body.
Right now, it's your turn to recognize a koi.
Let's say it's got 4 islands of red, and they are in no way linked.
Yon is a Japanese phrase for "four.
" Should you thought the fish is known as Yondan, you're correct! It's not too complicated to recognize once you know the formula.
A few collectors could in addition sub-categorize these fish by discovering the marks on their head.
A particular sub-category is known as the Kuchibeni.
This one is sweet, indeed.
The red marks all-around it's mouth cause it to seem as if it's wearing lipstick! A different sub-category is Menkaburi.
This sort of fish is frequently thought to have "a hood on it's head.
" The marking starts off from behind and under the eyes and quite often gets to the mouth area.
Should you hear koi owners illustrate a fish that has a red crown on it's head, then you certainly know they're talking around the Maruten, a variety of Kahoku that not simply possesses red on it's head, however possesses a bit more red on it's body as well.
The Showa Sanke, occasionally called the Show Sanshoku, is a black-bodied koi along with red and white-colored marks.
Initially, you could mistake it along with the Taisho Sanke.
Nevertheless the Showa possesses a lot more black, including on the head inside the margins of the pectoral and tail fins.
The following koi has a marking called "Red Sun" on it's head, and that's the sole red marking they have.
It's called a Tancho.
The best example of this koi is located if the red fails to bleed to other locations, is rounded, and is centered on it head exactly.
All the best with that! A few koi fish enthusiasts choose the fish called Bekko.
It's sound body possesses black marks.
Often mixed up along with an additional variety called utsuri, the Bekko merely have marks on their backside.
A particular koi keeper I've met calls them "turtles" due to this fact.
(Turtles, should you didn't seen, just have marks on their backside.
) The Utsurimono, though much like Bekka as we have observed, is a black-bodied koi along with marks of merely a single color.
The koi fish called Koroma resembles the Kohaku, however along with more colours of blue, black, and purple mixed into the red.
(The Koroma was cross-bred along with the actual Asagi to make this particular final result.
) You might as well get a kind of koi fish called Gin Rin.
This particular refers to the fish's scaling.
It is not only a pearl-silver colouring, however it's reflective as well.
Talk about beautiful! Similar, however significantly more difficult to get, is the actual Kin Rin.
In this particular variety of koi the scales are a reflective pearl-gold colouring.
If you come across one of those, you are one lucky koi keeper! Asagi refers to "sky color" and once it appears on a koi, it identifies a fish along with a blue-gray body.
Occasionally, this particular variety as well possesses a red marking approximately midway onto it's head and body.
The Shusu have large scales which can be just discovered around the midline of the back or even on it's sides.
Occasionally, these kinds of scales are located in each of those areas.
They could be incorrectly recognized for Asagi due to the fact their bodies are definitely the same beautiful blue-gray.
The Kawarimono have occasionally been referred to as the "leftovers.
" However leftovers have never seemed so stunning! These types of koi fish are in no way metallic and they just don't appear to suit in any other category.
The group referred to as Hikarimuji are in no way just single-colored, however they are metallic as well.
And they are not to be mixed up along with the actual similarly-named Hikarimoyo.
This particular group describes a koi along with 2 or more shades.
Ruled out from this is the actual Hikari Utsuri.
The Hikari utsuri involves each of the metallic Show varieties.
There exists an additional group called Doitsu.
These types of fish are mirror-scaled koi.
They have enlarged rows of scales along the actual midline of the back or even on the sides of their bodies.
The name curiously derives from the Japanese for "Deutsch" after the German-scaled carp.
This particular fish initially has been bred so that it may be scaled simply for food preparation reasons.
Varieties of the Koitsu include the Kohaku, Sanke, and Showa.
An additional grouping is known as the butterfly koi.
The particular name butterfly describes the actual very long fins this particular fish possesses in the actual front of it's body.