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B. Scott: You are exactly right, but I think the point Dick was making was a little different .... that what the koi kichi come to know as a particular breeder's line is made from more than genetics. There is an art to it in the eye of the breeder.
Some time back Brady B. shared some photos with me in a private message of tosai from lines of Showa, Sanke and Kohaku he is developing. [It is for him to post them if he wants.] The "eye" of the breeder could not have been more clear. The similarities were so great that on first impression they could have been fraternal triplets. Their culled siblings may have been spawned by the same hands, but were not the product of the same mind.
I am aware of more than a few breeders whose trash culls enter the trade as anonymous low grade koi for the domestic aquarium trade. They'd not allow their name to be associated with such culls, but the revenue helps make ends meet. I think their standard deserves respect. If a breeder does not choose to acknowledge a fish as one he bred, then the public should not be led to think the fish is deserving of the honor. No problem saying that one or both parents were Danichi-bred, but cannot say the fry are Danichi fry.
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