Meaning of the Koi Fish Terms ~
Koi Varieties ~
Long Fin Koi ~ Butterfly Koi
Koi Scales ~ Rin
Scaled: Normal Common scales
Doitsu: Scales run only along dorsal & lateral lines
Leather: No visible scales
Gin Rin: Normal Scales with a golden or silver metallic like effect
Matsuba: Pine Cone
Pattern
KOI COLORS ~
Aka : Red (Hi)
Asagi :
Blue
Beni : Orange-Red
Cha : Brown
Gin :
Silver Metallic
Hi : Red (Aka)
Ki : Yellow
Kin : Metallic Gold
Kohaku: Red & White
Kujaku:
Multicoloured
Nezu : Grey
Orenji: Orange
Parrachina:
Metallic white
Shiro : White
Sumi : Black
Tancho: Red Crest
Yamabuki: Pale Yellow
Other Koi Terms ~
Akame: Eye with red iris
Bekko:
Tortoiseshell
Goi: Koi
Inazuma: Lightning Pattern
Kabuto: Helmet head color different from body
Karasu: All black Koi
Kuchibeni: red lipped
Ogon: Single metallic color
Sanke or
Sanshoku: Three colored fish
Showa: new era 1926 on
Shusui: Mid era
1868-112
Sui: Rippling water effect
Taisho: Old era 1912 - 1926
Tancho: Red Crest
Utsuri: Reflecting
Yamabuki: Pale Yellow