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    What type of Koi?

    Whilst doing a water change, I took the fish out to examine them and take photos ready for the summer next year. Could you help identify them.







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    1- Mukashi Ogon
    2- Showa
    3- Gin Rin Chagoi
    4- Doitsu Ochiba
    5- Albino Grass Carp
    6- Yamabuki Ogon
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    8- Kohaku
    9- Yamato Nishiki
    10- Butterfly Koi
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    #3 gin rin chagoi?

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    #10 - Siamese fighting koi?

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    Number 5 is an orfe.

    Edit - Maybe not, just spotted the barbels. Doh !
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    Number 3 is the colour of chagoi that i would like....when there is space.

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    All these are maybes....i not excellent at naming koi types but giving it a go

    1. Matsuba or Pirachina
    2. Showa or Sanke
    3 Chagoi
    4 Shusui
    5 Grass carp
    6 Ogon/Yamibuki
    7 Doitsu Heinz Variety
    8 Kohaku
    9 Doitsu Sanke or Showa
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    What type of Koi?

    1- mukashi ogon
    2- showa or sanke, if black is underneath below lateral line (wrapping around the koi then its showa) it looks more showa to me as is heavy black.
    3- gin rin chagoi
    4-could be a very dark doitsu ochiba its not a shusui. A shusui is a koi with a blue back with a darker blue zipper like row of scales down the center of the back. Below the lateral line should be red and can have or not have a red flash through the blue on the back either side of the body typically looking like a doitsu asagi of which they are What type of Koi? them and asagi are the only 2 variety of koi that actually have blue colouration that is visable as blue. (Some goshiki also have more blue colour to them as an exeption)
    5- definatly albino grass carp, the short/small dorsal fin, long slim body and rounded head gives it away.
    6- yamabuki ogon
    7- ? No real definitive just a random mixy flop
    8 - kohaku
    9 - this fish looks metalic on the pic so my best guess is a yamatonishiki (metallic sanke) or its a doitsu sanke.
    10 - is a butterfly or long fin carp and its a black/dark one What type of Koi?
    Hope that helps. I mean no disrepect here but the coloured variaties shown are not the greatest examples in terms of koi variety guidelines. im guessing they are israeli or local bred/sourced fish? Nothing wrong with them and they are all lovely but you can get some very mixed looking fish hence when i said mixy flop there was nothing meant with that hence number 4 and 7 are not very identifiable.


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    Very helpful. Thanks for your time. They are locally sourced. I inherited a pond so didn’t choose many. Whilst I changed pond liner, I put the fish in a big paddling pool for two days which was white/clear. Number 10 actually became really light after a day. Went back in the pond and became dark again within a day or two. Weird!


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    Hi, bro, check this guide it will help you identify your koi fast 3c2fbc1cb6837cd478545b67483c7c76.jpg

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andre Asagi View Post
    Number 3 is the colour of chagoi that i would like....when there is space.
    Beautiful colour on it. I wouldn't mind it being slightly more red.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lee63;2558074-could be a very dark doitsu ochiba its not a shusui. A shusui is a koi with a blue back with a darker blue zipper like row of scales down the center of the back. Below the lateral line should be red and can have or not have a red flash through the blue on the back either side of the body typically looking like a doitsu asagi of which they are [emoji106
    them and asagi are the only 2 variety of koi that actually have blue colouration that is visable as blue. (Some goshiki also have more blue colour to them as an exeption)
    It's very light grey from underneath.

 

 

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