Koi Fish Breeds
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Koi fish breeds. A koi fish variety that has a white skin and a red pattern is defined as a kohaku koi kohaku koi. Rubrofuscus kept for ornamental purposes. This regal fish was the first variety of koi fish to be developed.
A fifteen year old taisho sanke was added to the koi varieties chart. The same breed in two different fin varieties. The fish s overall body is subtly black which is disturbed by the red and white fish markings.
The koi fish main characteristics. Most are even far superior to those produced in japan and other countries. You can tell from the fact that grand champions of koi shows always come from gosanke group utsurimono this includes shiro utsuri hi utsuri ki utsuri and even showa.
Use this koi variety guide to identify your favorite varieties or learn a little more about each variety. Several varieties are recognized by the japanese distinguished by coloration patterning and scalation. It is the name of a category utsurimono that includes three types of utsuri koi fish.
Stock large fish with large koi and small fish with small koi. Kohaku sanke and showa are definitely the focal varieties of koi. This fish with its red black white patterns was first bred around 1868 to 1912.
It is better if the selected fish species is a bottom feeder. Koi or more specifically nishikigoi are colored varieties of the amur carp that are kept for decorative purposes in outdoor koi ponds or water gardens. There are many varieties of ornamental koi originating from breeding that began in niigata japan in the early 19th century.
One with butterfly fins left and one with standard fins right. Some of the major. Shiro utsuri ki utsuri and hi utsuri.
Fish that can live with koi in a tank barbel barbus barbus. The fin on their back is elongated and sunken with its spine closed. In addition they have a tiny mouth and their teeth are distributed in 3 rows.
Koi fish have a robust body that becomes slender on the sides. Of all the koi fish varieties the kohaku stands above them all as king of the koi. One of the more confusing factors of koi keeping for the beginner hobbyist is all the different koi breeds on the market.
Trying to keep all of the varieties and variations of koi straight can be enough to make your head spin. The selected fish species shouldn t fight with koi for food. These striking fish have a life expectancy of about 30 years yet it s thought that some individuals have lived for even two centuries.
With all the magical colors available today one might be surprised that most of the different koi breeds on the market are descendent from the plain black carp cyprinus carpio. The koi fish that fall under in the utsuri category have a black colored body karasu with red hi white shiroji or yellow ki markings.
