[Bern]

Hi Mike,

My understanding is that original Goshiki and Goromo for that matter were natural sports of Kohaku. If you look at the old Koi Lineage chart it shows this. Original Goshiki are white skinned fish, very refined and only a few true lines exist, one of which is by a breeder called Miya in Niigata.
Breeding is fraught with disappoinment and I understand that some of the breeding stock appear to be Kohaku.

Other goshikis can be bred to order by the Asagi x Kohaku cross and some strange Kawari crosses. But these generally produce blue and black skinned goshiki, considered by the purists to be unrefined, but loved by the dealers because of a ready market abroad.

rgds BERN

Br