Koi Maid

Classic!

Koi Kihagaki

“Koi Kihagaki” cut-paper/wood
Patrick Gannon

Caught a big fish!

Not a koi.
Polaroid Land photo, 1972.

Swapatorium: It Was This Big

More fishing at Baab!

Koi feeding frenzy

By Matt Niebuhr, via Flickr.

Happy Fishnet Friday!

what a fish... un poison chat by ~capix80

Beautiful Koi

Beautiful koi by ~moon-pookah

Artist's Comments
Koi is the name of Japan carp.[link]

Wait, I thought it was a kind of fish?

koi by ~angeloluha


Koi Mermaid by ~kani-za

Foreclosure Fish Find

Details at Baab!

Koi Suicide

From Allanced.

Giant Koi

Kintaro Struggles with Giant Carp (Kuniyoshi, ca. 1835)

Kintaro in the Fifth Month, Riding a Carp (Yoshitsuya, ca. 1840)

Kintaro is closely associated with Children’s Day (May 5), when parents of young boys typically display Kintaro dolls — usually riding a large carp — in the hope that their kids grow up to be brave and strong.

Salmon

...Or koi?
Sally Mon

My koi dream

Last night I dreamed that I had a salmon (that's a kind of a fish), but it was called a koi in the dream. Akubi and I were trying to get the salmonkoi into a washing machine full of water for safekeeping, but it didn't want to be there and kept jumping out. Oddly, there was plenty of room in the machine for the several-foot-long salmonkoi.

Koi Girls

Mochime via otomano

Koi Scarification

...Originally a phoenix was requested but when we started drawing the design on, with all the old scars a koi just seemed to fit much better with the scales in the direction of her scars. I actually removed some of the old scars to get things level and tried to create a level scar in a field of uneven scar tissue. As you see in the drawing, some scales were also going to be removal for a spotted koi look, but some of the scars’ roots were just to deep to do all at once, so we got the outline done. I’m quite pleased with the results thus far. I’m sure when we add some grey wash to the piece it will give the entire piece more depth and really take the emphasis off the old scars...

More at ModBlog
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Ship Happens

The M/V Artemis on the beach in France after the weekend's storms.

Enormous Breading Pool Required

Photographer and Goliath Grouper

Arowana, a unique kind of fish

The female arowana just lays the eggs & its the responsibility of the male arowana to take care of them. Cool huh!
It is the male who needs to workout the rest of the stuff by ferti1izing the eggs, store them in his mouth & care for them, they are the mouthbreeders. And this whole process can take up to 40 to 50 days... Amazing Arowana.

For Akubi (the dog, not the blogger) Casey Serin

Koi Girl

and an octopus too!
Fuco Ueda via Ectomo

Captured Koi

captured koi by ~juliecoffey


intimates on wooden floors by ~juliecoffey

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The Toy Club

Vintage Japanese ads via Little Hokum Rag