
GOLDFISH BREEDS 

ventrals are long and pendant, the double anal fins are long and extend 
almost straight backward, while the broad double tail, which is the princi- 
pal characteristic of the fish, is divided quite to the base and the two dis- 
tinct tails stand directly vertical on the same plane and are carried straight 

FIG. 12—Japanese Fantail Goldfish 
Carassius auratus, var. japonicus erectibicaudalis. Two-thirds life size. 
out behind the body without the least drop or droop; the upper and lower 
lobes being of exactly the same length so that a perpendicular line from 
the end of the upper will exactly touch the end of the lower lobe on 
each side. This isnever the case with the imperfectly developed Fringetail; 
the upper lobes are always the longer, and the relative position of the 
double tail is not directly vertical or parallel to each other but at a decided 
angle when the fish is viewed from the rear, while the perfectly developed 
Fantail has the appearance of having two separate single tails placed side 
by side. The tail of the Fantail never exceeds the body in length. 
The colors are identical with those of the Fringetail, but the scales 
are larger and usually coarser; this variety also having no transparently 
scaled members, either of pure or crossed stock. It is a characteristically 
handsome fish though not as “showy” as the Fringetail. 
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