[Sangreaal]

In my readings I see much reference to breeders producing certain bloodlines, but when it comes down to actual pedigrees, the information swings full circle back to the breeder instead of individual fish and their genetic offspring. So am I to understand that a "bloodline" in nishikigoi is a type of fish that a breeder breeds, hence using a breeder's name for the "bloodline" of the koi he produces from spawnings of koi he has bred, irregardless of the parentage (i.e. actual genetic bloodline) of said fish?

Marie