Kawagoi - Kawagoi

Japanese: カワゴイ - かわごい
Kawagoi - Kawagoi

A type of carp that is cultivated, this is the Kawagoi (leather carp). Together with the Kagamigoi (mirror carp), it is also called Dotoigoi (German carp).

In some regions, the freshwater fish Nigoi (carp) is called Kawagoi (river carp).

[Nobuhiko Mizuno]

[References] | German carp | Black carp

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

魚類のコイの飼育品種の一つでカワゴイ(革鯉)のこと。カガミゴイ(鏡鯉)とともにドイツゴイともよばれる。

 また、コイ科の淡水魚のニゴイをカワゴイ(川鯉)とよぶ地方もある。

[水野信彦]

[参照項目] | ドイツゴイ | ニゴイ

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