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Old 01-23-2008   #22 (permalink)
MikeM
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Super: Interesting offspring!

The first seems to have GinRin, and would be a Shiro Muji but for the motoguro... motoguro?!? Fascinating fish.

The other two appear to be Asagi without any Hi. The Hardcastles (in Gainesville FL) have such an Asagi. It is a soft, light blue-gray... outstanding body. A subtle beauty. It may be benched in kawarimono, but is pure Asagi. The ones you posted are obviously not genetically pure Asagi. Interesting that with that mother they exhibit Asagi-like traits... the root of nishikigoi. A wonderful demonstration of the complex genetic history of nishikigoi lurking in the ancestry of our koi.

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