| Gotta finish up this long-winded monologue....
I have not read any articles about these scalation variations, nor anything in regard to treatment in judging. Since becoming fixated on dorsal scale alignment, I have spoiled my pleasure in looking at several varieties. Yamabuki Ogons remain a favorite, but so many suffer from misalignments; and Kujaku are so prone to problems I have begun to expect to see missing scales, misalignment and undersized scales on all of them at the same time.
Uneveness or missing scales immediately catch my eye, and I react very negatively. The full impact of even, complete scalation creates an atmosphere of strength about a koi.
The potential for doitsu traits has a genetic link in these characteristics, I suspect.
It is a curious malady, these koi. The more I study them, the fewer that I find impressive, and the more addicted to them I become. |