Grading: Zhen Zhou

• To understand what your looking at you should really understand the traits that make your fish classed zz

• The lower lips of the ZZ is sticking/protruding out and the upper lips is shorter.

• The eyes of the pearl Lo-han are outstanding/bulge out.

• The dorsal fin and anal fin of a ZZ would usually go upward and downward. The caudal fin of the ZZ is usually smaller also, between fin and tail is usually a slight gap.
• For the classic look zz/louhan the body is teardrop shape or rounded like a egg

• Script/flower should be more than 75% to 100% black and solid, but nowadays we also have script-less.

1. Kok - the bigger the better.
2. Colours - the more solid & colorful the better. The more coverage the better
3. Body - the stout & thicker with short face the better.
4. Finage & Tail - Balance & proportion.
5. Flowerline and script- the darker & more shiny pearls surround it the better.
6. Pearls, now this is all up to the buyer but to be quality it should be shiny and consistent

I have added below some examples of both males and females showing the variety of quality I had over the years