Shusui Koi For Sale
Yamajyu shusui tosai 14 20cm.
Shusui koi for sale. All of our koi for sale are produced by blackwater creek koi farms. Shusui shoo soo ee shusui means autumn water in japanese. The most striking feature of the shusui is the scales along the dorsal fin.
You can shop our current selection of shusui koi for sale right here on this page. Unlike asagi it is generally desirable for the hi to extend up above the lateral line. These varieties of koi are the yin and yang of scaled and doitsu blue koi.
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Rather than the pure white being preferred over all else the proper head pattern is determined by the pattern of the red and blue on the body of the koi. Asagi have blue net like reticulated pattern across the back. Shusui meaning autumn water in japanese are the doitsu or mirror scaled cousin of the asagi koi.
The shusui is a non metallic blue koi with hi red orange below the lateral line rising to the cheeks and also appearing in the pectoral fins. Shusui are doitsu german koi where the blue scaleless skin replaces the asagi s scaled net pattern. At first sight these mirror scaled koi seem to have little in common with asagi but shusui are actually the product of crossing asagi with a german mirror carp in 1910 by yoshigoro akiyama resulting in the very first doitsu scaled koi breed.
The blue reticulated net pattern seen in asagi is replaced with icy blue or sky blue scaleless skin and a single row of scales running down the dorsal line of the body. Shusui shū swee illustration is that of an ideal shusui. Shusui have been crossbred between doitsu koi and asagi and their points for appreciation therefore are basically the same as those for asagi.
Blackwater creek is a closed bio secure farm. It has dark blue gray colored doitsu scales along the dorsal and lateral lines. Similar to asagi the red appears on the gill plates pectoral fins belly and tail.
A strong zipper pattern to those scales is ideal. They will have areas of red hi on the gill plates pectoral fins belly tail and possibly around the dorsal fin.
