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aka |
red,
crimson, scarlet |
doitsu |
Germany
(Deutschland) -- in koi this refers to a fish that is smooth skinned
except for a row of scales on either side of the dorsal ridge, and a
row of scales on the lateral line on both sides of the fish. These
type of koi were developed by cross breeding German carp with the
Japenese koi. |
gin |
silver |
go |
five |
go-shiki |
a
five colored koi |
hi |
fire
-- in koi this refers to the red markings |
kin |
gold |
ogon |
gold |
orenji |
orange |
san |
three |
san-ke |
a
three colored koi -- white, with red and black markings |
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