
GOLDFISH BREEDS 

shaped body, projecting eyes and peculiar droop of the tail, fanciers 
prize the remarkable colorings developed by the orientals. ‘The pre- 
vailing colors of the scaled Japanese fish, Fig. 18 are those of the 
ordinary goldfish, but most oddly placed. Certain fishes have clear 
golden-red bodies with the backs and all the fins jet-black and have 
black eyeballs; others have white bodies and deep-red fins and red eyeballs 

FIG. 18—Scaled Japanese Telescope Goldfish 
Carassius auratus, var. japonicus macrophthalmus. Two-thirds life-size 
with black irides; some have red or golden-yellow bodies and white fins 
with red, white and black eyes; and others pearly-white bodies, and fins 
mottled with red,and red and black eyes, though none of these colorings 
are necessarily permanent. ‘The colors of these fishes are so fantastic that 
French, German and American authorities class them as much by these 
color peculiarities as by changes in body structure. 
The following are the most generally known of the Chinese telescopic- 
eyed goldfishes bred in the United States: 
THE CHINESE MOTTLED OR VARIEGATED 
TELESCOPE GOLDFISH 
Carassius auratus, var. chinensis veriegatus. Figs. 19, 20, 2% and.22 
This variety of the Telescope is commonly known as the Calico, as 
best describing its fantastic markings. The body is short and thick; the 
spine has a decided backward curve; the snout is formed to give the short 
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