| medaka |
medaka (japansk risfisk) |
| kairyou |
improvement, reform |
| kiwami ryuu |
polar dragon |
| kiwami |
extreme, very, polar |
| ryuu |
dragon |
| ryuusei |
meteor, shooting star, falling star |
| komachi |
belle; (town) beauty |
| aka |
red; crimson; scarlet |
| ki |
yellow |
| kou, beni, kurenai |
red, deep red; crimson |
| cha |
brown |
| shiro, haku |
white |
| kuriimu |
cream |
| ao |
blue |
| burakku |
black |
| kuro |
black |
| ougon |
gold |
| kohaku |
amber |
| shuaka |
vermillion |
| orenji |
orange |
| pinku |
pink |
| kouhaku, sarasa |
red & white |
| kin |
gold |
| midori |
green |
| tekkamen |
iron mask |
| miyuki |
miyuki |
| bekkou |
tortoiseshell |
| furu bodi |
full body |
| toumeirin |
transparent scales |
| katahoho |
red cheeks on the side (special case of toumeirin: gills are red only on one side) |
| hoho nashi |
transparent scales; non-transparent gills (special case of toumeirin: all other toumeirin characteristics apply except for the transparent gills) |
| hitoumeirin |
non-transparent scales |
| arubino |
albino |
| ruubi ai |
ruby eye |
| sumooru ai |
small eye |
| deme |
protruding eyes |
| panda |
panda (iris and the entire eye are black) |
| memae |
forward facing eyes |
| biggu ai |
big eye |
| rame |
lame (cloth made from gold or silver thread) |
| tashoku |
multi-colored lame |
| sanshoku |
tricolor |
| nishoku |
two-colored |
| nishiki |
bicolor |
| chenji karaa |
color changing |
| toukou |
head light |
| youkou |
side light |
| aojiro |
pale |
| zenshin tainaikou |
full body internal light |
| fukumakukou |
peritoneal light (bright light in the peritoneum) |
| gara |
pattern |
| buchi |
dappled; speckled; spotted; black spots appear in various area of the body |
| burakku rimu |
black rim |
| kyou hikari |
“strong hikari”: light on the back is more pronounced than usual |
| gintai |
silver belt: the body is wrapped in a 'belt of light' |
| daruma |
body length is shortened to around 50% of normal |
| han daruma |
half daruma, body shape is slightly longer than regular daruma |
| hikari daruma |
combination of hikari and daruma forms |
| hirebi |
brightly colored fins. |
| tainaikuro |
internal black |
| tainaikou |
internal light |
| taigaikou |
external light (light outside of the body, extracorporeal light) |
| fukumaku ao |
peritoneal blue (blue chromatophores in the peritoneum) |
| hirekou |
fin ligh (bright light on the fins) |
| isshukou |
circling light (fin light that circles the edge of all fins) |
| haichi hannou nashi |
background independent color (usually, body color changes depending on the background. in this case, the body color does not change) |
| hige |
beard (there is a small protrusion near the chin; this appears only in “demae” (protruding eyes) medaka |
| choutengan |
upward facing eyes |
| mozaiku panda |
mosaic panda (an albino with black areas in the eyes and on the body) |
| shiisuruu |
see-through (no chromatophores, therefor the body is transparent even the organs are visible) |
| oorora |
aurora |
| taikei |
body shape |
| no |
possessive particle |
| kettou |
lineage; pedigree |
| keitou |
strain, lineage, family line, system |
| seru fin |
sail fin |
| hishio |
diamond tail |
| maruko |
no dorsal fin |
| meraa |
long fin merah |
| suwaroo |
long fin swallow |
| hirenaga |
long fin hirenaga |
| rongu fin |
long fin (dorsal and anal fin only) |
| hikari |
literally “light, ray, beam”; refers to a body shape where the dorsal and anal fin have the same length |
| ujou |
house name of a breeder. |
| matsui |
breeder who bred a certain type of longfin |
| kei |
type; style; pattern |
| hire |
fin |
| era |
gills |
| hoho |
cheeks |
| henka |
change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation |
| naga |
long |
| buriido |
breed |