What are koi worth?

 Any koi is only worth what someone will pay for it, but one Japanese show winning fish sold for £1.4 million pounds. High quality Japanese koi worth over £20,000 have been bought and imported to the UK but at that sort of money, it is all about bloodline, parentage, shape, skin quality, pattern, variety and the potential to be a Champion.

All show winners are female as they grow larger than males (size is rewarded,) and the most expensive fish are always Go Sanke - one of three varieties including Kohaku, Sanke and Showa. Red and White Kohaku are the most desirable variety at the moment, winning shows in the UK, Europe and Japan.

Ghost koi are crosses between koi carp and mirror carp and are rarely worth more than £100, regardless of size. If a fish is big it may not be worth much either as value is related to the pattern, body shape and bloodline.  

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