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 |