Elephant Koi
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The Elephant Koi are enormous fish, around forty or fifty feet long. They are a light shade of yellow with broken orange patterns down their back, on the tops of their heads between the eyes, on the tips of their fins, and in a small circle around the base of their tail. Variations of this color pattern can be seen on most of the Elephant Koi. Elephant Koi can be ridden if caught. Although Elephant Koi are large in size, they also are prey to the much larger Unagi. The Koi are actually Kyoshi Island's main export, as fishermen commonly hunt them for food, blubber, and oil. Aang was seen riding Elephant Koi while visiting Kyoshi Island, until the Unagi showed up.
Elephant Koi are first seen in "The Warriors of Kyoshi", although Aang called them Giant Koi in an earlier episode.
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Koi are a domesticated, very colorful variety of the common carp, and are closely related to the goldfish. Around 200 years ago, the Japanese noticed the beautiful color patterns on some of the carp and bred them for these markings. The Koi share no real similarities to elephants, and are most likely named due to their enormous size.
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