Centuries later, the Japanese eventually bred a variety called chinli, or "brocade carp," which is particularly prized by connoisseurs.
鯉魚的特性，愈是年齡大的魚，其色彩愈易變化，經過長時期的飼養培育，到了日本明治時代（西元一八六八至一九一一年），終於繁殖出紅、白相間的突變種，並經日人廣井國藏的研究後，固定其遺傳性。