Asagi

A koi that is light blue above and red below. The Japanese name means “light blue”.

Butterfly Koi

Butterfly Koi, Longfin Koi, or Dragon Carp are a type of ornamental fish notable for their elongated finnage. The fish are a breed of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, which includes numerous wild carp races as well as domesticated koi ("Nishikigoi").

Butterfly Koi originated in the mid-20th century as a result of an effort to increase the hardiness of traditional koi. Japanese breeders interbred wild Indonesian Longfin river carp with traditional koi. The resulting fish had longer fins, long barbells, pompom nostrils, and were hardier than koi. These were known in Japan as "onagaoi" or "hire naga koi", or translated in English "long tail koi". Randy LeFever, the son of Wyatt LeFever, a noted breeder of koi, is credited with suggesting they looked like butterflies, a trait for which the breed is named. They are also sometimes referred to as Dragon Koi.

Chagoi

Ghost

Hariwake

Hi-Utsuri

Ki-Utsuri

Kohaku

A white-skinned koi, with large red markings on the top. The name means "red and white;" kohaku was the first ornamental variety to be established in Japan (late 19th century).

Kujaku

Kumonryu

Kumonryu is a black fish with curling white markings. The patterns are thought to be reminiscent of Japanese ink paintings of dragons. They famously change colour with the seasons.

Matsuba

Ogon

A koi of one color only, but with metallic scales. The most commonly encountered colours are gold, platinum, and orange. Cream specimens exist but are very rare. Ogon compete in the Kawarimono category and the Japanese name means "Gold." The variety was created by Sawata Aoki in 1946 from wild carp he caught in 1921.

Sanke

Also known as the Taisho Sanke, or often simply abbreviated to Snake, the taisho sanshoku is genetically a white koi with red and black markings. It is named for the time in which it was developed, tha Taisho period in Japanese history.

Shira-Utsuri

Showa

A Showa Sanshoku or (Showa) is essentially a black Koi with white and red (hi) markings this variety has changed over the years the first Showa`s had large amounts of black and red but only a small amount of white today large amounts of white has become fashionably which make`s it hard to tell a Showa from a Sanke but a Showa should always have a black pattern on it`s head(manware) but a Sanke never will.

Shusui

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