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Golden Daruma — Kinrinmaru

黄金ダルマメダカ / 金鱗丸

Historical Oba named morphology/house selectionEvidence by claimIndependent review ongoing

Golden Daruma — Kinrinmaru is a documented Daruma short body selected within the Golden Medaka (Aki Ogon) family.

Picture gene & lineage tree

Visual pedigree of breeder-reported inputs, where available. Dashed arrows represent documentary claims or selection history, not DNA-tested genes.

Horizontal branching Medaka lineage. American name: Golden Daruma — Kinrinmaru; Japanese romaji: not verified; Japanese characters: 黄金ダルマメダカ / 金鱗丸. Dashed connectors show breeder-reported input or selection history; they do not prove genetic parentage. Documented source links and evidence qualifiers follow the diagram.AQUAPEDIA / MEDAKA LINEAGE ATLASSTRAIN PEDIGREEREPORTED LINEAGEDASHED BRANCHES • REPORTED INPUTS / SELECTION STAGESNot an individual-fish pedigree or DNA / dominance test.REPORTED INPUT / STAGE 1Aki Ogon / Golden Medaka familyREPORTED INPUT / STAGE 2Daruma short-body variant selectionFOCAL STRAINAMERICAN / ENGLISH NAMEGolden Daruma — KinrinmaruJAPANESE NAME (ROMAJI)Not verifiedJAPANESE LETTERS (日本語)黄金ダルマメダカ / 金鱗丸
Dashed connectors show breeder-reported input or selection history; they do not prove genetic parentage. Not a confirmed genotype or parent-fish identification.

Original golden-family selected body form; no documented parent pair Source: Medaka no Yakata historical catalog 2002, Kinrinmaru form

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Lineage review · Batch 017: A breeder-recorded foundation, selection stage or form derivation is shown with dashed lines. The diagram is not DNA proof and may not identify individual parent fish. Specialist source ↗

Overview

This is an original breeder-catalogue named morphology selection, not a separate genetic founder. Golden body coloration on a compact Daruma-type frame.

Claim-by-claim evidence

Research findingEvidence classDirect references
Medaka no Yakata attributes Golden Daruma — Kinrinmaru to Yukio Oba (大場幸雄), Hiroshima.Original-breeder historical variety recordEARLY ↗
The archive explicitly describes its form as Daruma short body of Golden Medaka (Aki Ogon).Founder-to-form relation; NOT a documented individual parent matingEARLY ↗ MAP ↗
Golden body coloration on a compact Daruma-type frame.Archived ornamental appearance description; no standard DNA assayEARLY ↗
The nickname is a form selection from the established gold family, not a separate independent discovery of the golden body color. The record appears in the 2002 catalog group.Historical identity/year-scope limitationEARLY ↗

Evidence labels refer to documentary strength. They do not assert independently tested genetics.

Known research gaps

  • Breeder parent fish IDs and the exact crosses introducing the chosen Hikari/Daruma body form are not available in the cited public source.
  • No independent allele, genotype, Mendelian fixation ratio or current breeder-authenticated retail stock claim is established.
  • Source-owned photos are not reused without explicit rights permission.

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Original research sources

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