OGON KOI
Ōgon (黄金) A metallic koi of one color only. (hikarimono
光者). The most commonly encountered colors are gold, platinum, and
orange. Cream specimens exist but are very rare. Ogon compete in the
Kawarimono category and the Japanese name means "Gold." The variety was
created by Sawata Aoki in 1946 from wild carp he caught in 1921.
Recently the metallic skinned Ogon is being crossed with ginrin scaled
fish to create the ginrin Ogon with metallic skin and sparkling (metal
flake) scales.
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