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THE KOI The first class is Hikari Muji – these are single coloured
Koi with a metallic shine and no pattern. The beauty of
these varieties is their simplicity, but because of their
simplicity, there is nothing to distract your eye from any
VARIETIES PART 2
imperfections so good examples of these varieties have
David Brown produces a visual guide to clean, clear heads and no speckles of other colours on
help new Koi keepers recognise the most MATSUBA their bodies.
commonly seen varieties. The varieties in this group include the Purachina which
ARE SINGLE is a bright metallic white, the Yamabuki Ogon, which is
COLOURED yellow, and there are numerous shades of yellow
When you become a new Koi keeper, remembering ranging from cream to a deep marigold yellow, and the
the names of the varieties is difficult. So I have made METALLIC KOI Orengi Ogon, which is shades of orange. Also in this
up some simple graphics to help you tell them apart. class are the Matsuba group, which are single coloured
WITH SCALE metallic Koi with no pattern, but with colour which
These graphics are to indicate patterns for recognition MARKINGS emphasises the scales. These are Gin Matsuba which is
purposes only and nothing to do with judging Koi.
metallic white and Kin Matsuba which is metallic gold
HIKARI MUJI Previously, all the Koi described in Part 1 of this series (remember Gin means silver, Kin means gold). There is
ARE SINGLE have had a silk emusion paint style finish to their also an orange version called Orengi Matsuba.
scales, now we come to the shiny metallic ones, with a Although there is colour on the scales of the Matsuba
COLOURED gloss paint finish. There are three classes in this group, group they are classified as single coloured metallic Koi.
KOI WITH A prefixed with the word Hikari, which means shine. We
sometimes refer to these three classes as the metallics.
METALLIC
SHINE
Purachina Orenji Ogon Gin Matsuba Orenji Matsuba
Yamabuki Ogon Kin Matsuba
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