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    Thread: Help identifying koi type

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      Help identifying koi type

      Hello,

      I am still learning a lot of about the different breeds/types of koi and am having trouble categorizing this fellow, he was one of the first koi I purchased. Is he a kinginrin Kawarimono? Something else?

      Thanks!
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      i believe it is a purachina ogon. This fish definitely has a wow factor. love the way the metallic skin and the prismatic scale and the gin are working together here.

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      Looks like he was brushed w gold! Very pretty!

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      Well, actually it appears to be a poor rendition of a metallic Chagoi. You could class it in the Kawarigoi class, but it is not gin rin, just a bit of metallic.
      Last edited by koiman1950; 06-23-2014 at 07:01 PM.
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      Quote Originally Posted by inazuma28 View Post
      i believe it is a purachina ogon. This fish definitely has a wow factor. love the way the metallic skin and the prismatic scale and the gin are working together here.
      Wow, Not even close! Purachina is another name for an all white ogon. The other name would be Platinum!
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      If you don't mind being not very specific, how about Hikari Muji?
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      Hum Matsuba?
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      Thanks for the feedback everyone! Maybe kin matsuba based on Barb's Hikari Muji thought. http://www.kloubeckoi.com/hikari-muji-koi/

      Based on the description in the link above golden pine cone sounds pretty accurate. If not he is still a fun fish.

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      Lol, that's what I meant. Mukashi ogon. Lol. To bad we don't speak Japanese or this would be easier.

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      I think this is an Ogon with golden colour I had couple I crossed chagoi with Kogane Ochiba and come out several like this. This is actually a metallic chagoi..

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      Quote Originally Posted by koiman1950 View Post
      Well, actually it appears to be a poor rendition of a metallic Chagoi. You could class it in the Kawarigoi class, but it is not gin rin, just a bit of metallic.
      Quote Originally Posted by dalozt View Post
      I think this is an Ogon with golden colour I had couple I crossed chagoi with Kogane Ochiba and come out several like this. This is actually a metallic chagoi..
      Hmmm!
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      It may be a cross, but it would have to be benched as an ogon, and because of the color, the best fit would be mukashi. By definition, chagoi are not metallic

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      I think that fish is stunning!!!!!

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      Quote Originally Posted by inazuma28 View Post
      It may be a cross, but it would have to be benched as an ogon, and because of the color, the best fit would be mukashi. By definition, chagoi are not metallic
      No, it would be benched as kawarigoi as it doesn't really fit any varietal category except "all other". I guess you haven't seen these before, but even Russ posted pics on one of his travel journals that showed "metallic Chagoi". Breeders are constantly looking for a way to make a new "sellable" product out of sow's ears and this is one of those!
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      If the breeders are calling it a metallic chagoi then it is a miss-nomenclature as chagois are not metallic. That's like saying metallic sanke....

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      Help identifying koi type

      Gorgeous either way IMO!

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      Quote Originally Posted by inazuma28 View Post
      If the breeders are calling it a metallic chagoi then it is a miss-nomenclature as chagois are not metallic. That's like saying metallic sanke....
      And a metallic Sanke is known as a Yamato Nishiki or if Doitsu, Heisei Nishiki. I won't prolong the argument here, but some breeder(s) bred something metallic with Chagoi and got these. That IS what it IS!!!
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