CONTENTS 



PAGE 



List of illustrntinii'; 5 



Introduction 7 



I — Genkeal Aspects or Goi.iifish Ci'i.tci'F. ix 



Japan 9 



Importance of tlic goldlish to the Japniicsc 



people 9 



Origin of the goldfish and it-; culfurc in Ja|)a;i 11 



Centers of the industry 12 



II — Japanese Goldfish P.beeds IS 



The Wild Fish 15 



Evolution of the Varieties 17 



The Wakin 21 



The Ryukin 24 



The Ranclui 28 



The Oranda Sliishiyashira 32 



The Demekin 35 



The Deme-Ranchu 38 



The Watonai 39 



The Shukin 40 



The Shulnnikin 42 



Tlic Kinranshi 43 



III — Goldfish Breeding Establish iients and 

 Their Genekal EorirMExx and Man- 

 agement 45 



Goldfish farms 45 



General principles of breeding 48 



The ponds and the water supply 49 



l\' — The Parent Fish, the Egg-Laving, and 



the Hatching 53 



The care, solccticn, and matin.e of the lirood 



fish 53 



Tlie spawning ponds and their preparation ■ ■ 55 



The eggs, their care and development .... 57 



\' — Imioi). Growth, and Care of the F"ish ... 61 



Living crustacean food and its cultivation . ■ 61 



Other foods and their preparation .... 65 



Care of the young fish 67 



(irowth and color changes 77 



Sorting and selecting the fish 73 



Transportation of goldfish 79 



VI — Diseases and Fat.vlities of Eggs and Fish S3 



VII — The Stand.^rds of Q^ALIT^■ and the Tr.mie 



i.x Goldfish 87 



Fashions, criteria, and cxhihitinns 87 



Sales and prices 90 



\'III — Japanese Goldfish ix America 93 



llistorical and other notes 93 



Goldfish culture for profit 95 



Suggestions for maintaining goldfish aquaria 



in the liome. school, and office 97 



Literature cited 105 



Index 107 



