| This is a tosai-nothing has "developed" YET! What you are seeing is some infant sumi which should change between now and the end of summer. Then the fun begins. Seeing what's really going to be there. This fish has a very heavy sumi pattern now. I doubt you will see this pattern stay on this fish. If Matt is using one of Sakai's new Magoi bloodline showa it might be a different story, but I'm not sure that is the case with this one. Don't be misled into stereotyping koi and thinking, because the color is all up it must be a male. This fish does not "feel/look" male to me but the photo is not very good and a closer/cleaner pic might help. As was said before, Matt tries his best to include only females in the 555 fish. But, that's what the insurance is for, right?
Mike |