| I can see the feminine belly line, but still this fish looks like a male to me? The color, the rate of finish and the head/nose shape say, male? As well as the overall shape. Certainly the picture you bought from looks 'all female' but obviously the picture you took is much clearer and appears to be more representative. Is it? or is your photo angle 'thinning and slimming' the fish out?
The ginrin is always battling with beni as they occupy the same view with the ginrin scales white ecthing massing some of the beni depth ( the skin right below the scale). This is beni you would normally see on a normal scaled koi.
I'd say this fish is well over 50% finished. Maybe as much as 80% finished. So if she is a show fish you should think about showing her/him this fall or next fall at the latest.
Best of luck, JR |