The Oranda Sliishigashira 



Dutch Liox-iii:au 



The oranda shishigashira. <ii- Dutch liun-head. (hd imi originale in Hollaml. hut was so-called 

 according to Japanese custom because it was a new or strange production. It was first bred at 

 Koriyania or Osaka about 1840, and was produced by crossing tlie ranclui and tiic rvukin. It 

 jiossesses the ])ecidiar cephalic excrescences of the finnier and the flowing draper)- of tlie latter, and is 

 perhaps the most striking type of goldfish, representing the highest development along the two lines 

 indicated. 



Tlie body is less elevated tlian in the ryukin and more elongate than in the ranchn. As adult age 

 is neared. a warty mass develop.s on the head; this excrescence \aries in extent, sumetinies covering 

 the entire toj) and sides of head, sometimes forming a cap from the eyes backward. In some 

 specimens the normally broad head is still further broadeiT^d by the lateral growth, and the eyes are 



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