34 GOLDFISH VAEIETIES AND 



THE CHINESE MOOR TELESCOPE GOLDFISH 



The Moor is a most striking breed of the goldfish, its intense, velvety 

 black color forming a rich contrast for the more gaily colored specimens 

 in the aquarium. The intense blackness extends to every part of the fish 

 except the under side of the belly. This shades ofif to a blue-gray or a 

 slight golden tint. In the latter case the fish is likely to eventually turn 



Young Chinese Moor (Vciltail) 



gold. This is not certain, nor is the blue-gray a guarantee against turn- 

 ing, although it is less likely to do so. Breeders have not found that the 

 greatest percentage of blacks is produced by using two blacks, but by 

 crossing a deep red scaled fish with a black. A good Moor with the body 

 and fin development of the Fringetail, is a very choice fish, and is always 

 in demand. The accompanying illustration, made from a very fine year- 

 ling fish, does not give a full idea of the intense black color of the original. 

 Some of this had to be sacrificed in order that the drawing might show all 

 details of the fish. Our photographic illustration of a veiltail Moor, on 

 page 18, will give a better idea of the color. 



THE JAPANESE LION-HEADED GOLDFISH 



In point of grotesqueness and the amazing accomplishments of 

 breeding fancy goldfish, probably nothing surpasses the so-called Lion- 



