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AI Goldfish Varieties Poster PDF
AI Goldfish Varieties Poster PDF
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STRAIGHT TAILS Common Goldfish FANTAILS Redcap Fantail PEARLSCALES
Have the general characteristics of a fantail with a softer
(ALSO KNOWN AS SINGLE TAILS) Body not as long or slender Most fantail varieties have short globular bodies. Tail and Top of the head deep red, body
other fins paired except for dorsal fin, which is single. more globular body and characteristic, raised, convex
and fins pure white. CTORS EDITION
Common goldfish, comets and shubunkins have relatively as that of a comet, tail fin is (domed) scales. COLLE
long slender bodies. Tail fin is single. relatively short.
Veiltail Pearlscale
Body short and globular. Tail fin As described above.
Ryukin
Body short and deep (a depth ¾ double, very broad, with straight-cut
Comet Redcap Comet (Tancho Fantail
or more than body length) with trailing edges. Length 1 to 1.5 times
Body long and slender, tail fin is As described above.
Comet in Japan) characteristic hump contour on the body length. To date this variety has
long and well spread.
Top of the head, deep red, body back. The magnitude of the hump not been produced commercially.
and fins pure white. increases as the fish matures. Tail is
approximately half the length of the
body length. Ping Pong Pearlscale
The name Ping Pong is used
Calico
Mirrorscale Comet Scales mainly transparent
where the pearlscale’s body shape
Tail fin is long and well spread. Shubunkin is extremely round.
Scales mainly transparent. with many colours same as
A row of prominent large scales
Colours in a mottled pattern Shubunkin. Wakin
extends along the length of the
with patches of blue, red, orange, Body long but heavier than
body.
yellow, brown or black. Ryukin Broad Tail the comet. The short tail fin
A Ryukin with a tail can come in three different
approximately the same length as configurations; (1) paired, (2)
Bristol Shubunkin Albino Fantail the body. with upper lobe single and lower Crown Pearlscale
Tail fin long, approximately equal Nymph Colour white with red or orange lobes duplicated (called tripod- (Hamanishiki in Japan)
to body length and not draped eyes. tails), (3) with top edge of paired A Pearlscale with an Oranda type
Body short and globular. Tail fin
downward. Lobes at end of the tail fin fused (called web-tails). paired head growth which sits
is single. (A fantail body with a
tail almost circular. high on the head.
straight tail).
Jikin or Peacock tail
Body slender, slightly shorter
Ryukin Short Tail than a comet. Tail fins
A Ryukin with a tail characteristically form an X when KOI
Tosakin or Curly-tailed (Cyprinus carpio) – Koi are not goldfish but are listed here for completeness
TELESCOPIC-EYE approximately one third the viewed from the rear. Desired
Fantail colouration is a white (metallic)
length of the body.
Body short and globular, tending Koi are a coloured or cultivated form of European carp. Body is long and somewhat cylindrical. They have two pairs of
FANTAILS OR
body with deep red fins and
to be deep. Tail fin web-tailed
Redcap Telescope Fantail points. distinct fleshy barbels in the corners of the upper lip. Koi are capable of growing to approximately one metre and with their
and joined along the upper many and varied colours make spectacular display, pond fish. They can live for more than 70 years.
DRAGON-EYE
A fantail with redcap and telescopic
margin with characteristic CURRENTLY KOI ARE ILLEGAL IN ALL STATES OF AUSTRALIA EXCEPT NSW & WA
eyes.
flowing conformation.
(DEMEKIN in Japan)
General description as for fantails, with distinct protruding eyes which
Fantail Telescope
Butterfly Tail
Twin tails, spread nearly DORSAL FIN Fish similar to the Lionhead but with a
strongly curved back, near the tail.
(Can also be spelt pompon – Hanafusa in Japan)
Pompoms are fish with ball like appendages on the top of the head
(these appendages are extensions of the nasal septa, they are also
An Oranda with pompoms.
Characteristic growth around head region. The head growth or Oranda Calico
hood may be absent in young fish and may take up to several years Scales mainly transparent.
to develop fully. Colours same as Shubunkin.