Medaka Hyakka — Issue 01 (2012 inaugural)

Original Japanese title: メダカ百華 創刊号

Publisher: Pisces Publishers (ピーシーズ)

Format: Original Aquapedia English reading guide — source metadata and highlights, NOT a full translation.

Why this issue matters: The series began on December 30, 2012. This is a baseline for tracing ornamental medaka before the later explosions in glitter (lamé) variants and external-light lines outside Miyuki. The publisher's retrospective specifically emphasizes how different the medaka landscape was at launch.

Aquapedia research lens: Treat the issue as a historical snapshot, not a modern taxonomy. When comparing strains, record the name used at the time, later renamings, and evidence for a founder or breeder. Do not assume that a fish pictured in an early volume is the sole ancestor of a present-day commercial line.

Source status: Publisher-confirmed bibliographic and historical notes; a complete page-by-page English translation has not been published.

Aquapedia reference: medaka-hyakka-01