Aka

Ato

Big three

Bongiri

Bozu

Danmoyo

Doitsu Koi

Ginrin

Go-Sanke

Goshiki

Hi

Hi Showa

Inazuma

Ippon

Kage Showa

Kanoko Showa

Kasane Sumi

Kanoku

Katamoyo

Kindai Showa

Ki Utsuri

Kiwa

Kohaku

Komoyo

Koromo

Koromo Showa

Kuchibeni

Maruten

Menkaburi

Menuare

Motoguro

Niddan

Ogon

Ojime

Omoyo

Sandan

Sanke

Shiro Bekko

Shiro Utsuri

Showa

Sumi

Tancho

Tsubo Sumi

Urishi

Yamatonishiki

Yondan

Red

Sumi which is later to develop

Kohaku, Sanke & Showa

Koi with no Hi towards the tail

Too little Hi on the head – giving a bald effect

Stepped pattern – red markings

Large scales on the dorsal - otherwise unscaled

Sparkling

Kohaku, Sanke and Showa

Five-coloured fish

Red markings

Showa with continuous red markings

Lightning pattern – red markings

One red marking

A blurred reticulated sumi pattern over the white areas

Dappled Hi markings

Sumi on red skin

Dappled red markings

One-sided red markings

Modern Showa

Black fish with red markings

Clear sharp edges to markings

White fish with red markings

Small red markings

A reticulated sumi pattern on the individual scales

Retciulated sumi markings on the red pattern

Red pattern resembling lipstick

Having a separate red spot marking on the head

Hi covering the whole head

The division of the head with Sumi

Black at the base of the fins

2 step red markings

Metalic single-coloured Koi

A small white area before the tail

Large red markings

3 step red markings

White fish with red and black markings

White fish with black markings

Black fish with white markings

Black fish with red and white markings

Black markings derived from the Japanese for ink

Fish whose only red marking is a single mark on the head

Sumi on white skin

Deep dense black having a lacquered appearance and sharply defined edges

Metallic Sanke

4 step red marking

Above: Kohaku - All Japan Grand Champion 2011 (Photo: Mark Gardner)

Above: Showa - All Japan Grand Champion 2009 (Photo: www.niigata-nishikigoi.com)

Above: Kujaku (Photo: Your Koi)