38 GOLDFISH VAEIETIES AND 



THE METEOR, OR TAILLESS GOLDFISH 



In breeding for long-tailed fishes a strange perversion sometimes 

 occurs in the form of a tailless fish, the other fins being well developed. 

 The anal is single. Some of these have recently been bred together, and 



Fig. 23. The AIeteor 



by a few generations of selective breeding the type has become quite 

 well fixed. At first regarded as a mere freak, the Meteor has been 

 accorded a place in a number of competitive exhibitions. A specimen 

 such as illustrated can swim better than would be imagined, and makes 

 quite a streaming effect passing through the water. 



