10 Best Varieties of Koi Fish

10 Best Varieties of Koi Fish

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01. Kohaku

Kohaku is king of all the koi fish varieties. It appears with stunning white color and red blotches. Its comes with a red colored head always

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02. Utsuri

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Utsuri is not just a single koi, rather it's a category. This is divided into four parts. These are utsuri koi, shiro utsuri, hi utsuri & ki utsuri. They generally appear with a base color of black.

03. Taisho Sanke

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Taisho sanke is commonly known as only sanke koi or taisho sanshoku. They appear with three color combination. They are almost similar with kohaku koi.

04. Showa 

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Showa koi is also very popular among koi keepers. It appears with three colors like sanke koi. However, the basic difference between them are black coloured body of showa koi.

05. Bekko

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Bekko is kinda similar to the utsuri. So people get confusion regarding these. However, bekko koi fish appear with a base color of white.

06. Tancho

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Tancho koi is very popular especially in Japan and all over the world. It is compared with the National Bird of Japan. It appears with an elegant white body with a round red spot on its head.

07. Hikari Muji

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Hikari muji is a type of koi fish that appears with single color. Hikari symbolizes metallic or shiny color. So this type of koi fish appear with a shiny body.

08. Shusui

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Shusui comes from asagi koi fish. However, they don't have net like patterns on their body. Moreover, they have orange coloration with black patterns on white base color.

09. Asagi

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Asagi koi are one of the prettiest koi which you can found. The net-like patterns make them distinguishable easily.

10. Goshiki

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Goshiki koi comes from the breeding of kohaku and asagi koi. Goshiki symboliszes the five colors. Generally, they appear with solid base colors with some patterns.

11. Kawarimono

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Kawarimono koi are one of the fast growing koi fish. Not only that but these are one of the biggest family of koi fish too. There you can find lots of single colored varieties in Kawarimono koi species.

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