Description
Yamabuki Ogon koi fish serve as an example of the beauty to be found in a single-colored Koi fish. This type of Koi originating from Japan is a solid golden color with an alluring metallic sheen. Their bright yellow shade stands out, especially in the green-tinted water of low-filtered Koi ponds, and their metallic finish makes them eye-catching in the best way.
Ogon Koi Fish South Africa
The word Ogon (OH-gahn) translates as ‘golden’ and was historically used to refer to any metallic fish. However, nowadays, more and more koi keepers and breeders use the word ‘Ogon’ to refer to only single-coloured metallic koi. When most koi keepers hear ‘Ogon’ they tend to think of the Big Three which are:
- Yamabuki
- Orenji
- Platinum
But other Ogon koi varieties are becoming popular as well which include:
- Mizuho
- Mukashi
Color Specifications
Yamabuki Ogon Koi fish is a single golden color. They come in various shades of yellow, from a dazzling, light eggshell shade to a brilliant daffodil hue to a darker mustard tint. Young Yamabuki Koi usually start with a lighter shade of yellow and darken as they mature.
According to uniform standards, a Yamabuki should have no orange spots. These spots sometimes develop on the head and body of a Yamabuki Ogon, especially on ones that are a dark, deep yellow at a young age.
Ogon koi are arguably one of the easiest koi varieties to judge due to their single-coloured simplicity compared to the 5 colours of the Goshiki or the complex reticulation of the Koromo. However, such simplicity requires perfection.
While a small colour bleed or a misaligned scale may be ignored on other varieties, on the pure white body of the Platinum Ogon, such imperfection is much more obvious and difficult to ignore. Therefore, they are judged much more strictly than many other varieties. In addition to this, because of their popularity, many breeders will breed lots of them allowing them to be very strict with the culling and selection processes, which results in only the very best koi being sold and imported.
Ogon Koi Fish – What To Look For
- The head should be brightly golden
- Its scale has golden trimmings.
- If a fish has these scales spreading on the abdominal region the fish is valuable.
- The pectoral fins should be shiny.
- The fish should be well-figured.
- A fish whose golden color does not get dark even in the summer is a good fish
- IN the case of the “Doitsu-Ogon” it should have neatly lined scales without a redundant scale.
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