A Glossary of Koi Terms

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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 All Text and Images Copyright © 1999 David Wittler/Kristina Moeller All Rights Reserved.