| LC control no. | sh 85095696 |
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| LC classification | QL638.C94 Zoology SF458.K64 Culture |
| Topical heading | Koi |
| Variant(s) | Colored carp, Japanese Japanese colored carp Nishikigoi Ornamental carp |
| See also | Carp Ornamental fishes |
| Found in | Axelrod, H.R. Koi varieties : Japanese colored carp-nishikigoi, c1988 (Japanese now have a special word for wild carp which is "Magoi." Colored and inbred Magoi are called Koi. Those Koi which have been bred for color are called "Nishikigoi." The term "Koi" has taken on a secondary meaning in most of the world. "Koi," to most of the English speaking world, means the colored carp which the Japanese refer to as the "Nisikigoi.") Random House (koi, any of various colorful cultivated forms of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio) Encyc. aquarium fish (koi carp) Web. 3. LC data base, 7/21/88 (koi, Japanese colored carp, ornamental carp, nishikigoi) Koi USA & Associated Koi Clubs of America present practical koi keeping, 1987. 3 bib. records to be changed |
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