
GOLDFISH BREEDS 

Hysripization. Hybridization is easy with the goldfish, as its evi- 
dent by the many singular crosses produced by breeders. Fig. 32 is an 
accurate drawing of a goldfish, known in Philadelphia as Agard’s Wonder, 
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the product of crossing a 

SN 
SY transparently scaled Comet 
QO \ and a similarly scaled Teles- 
Sx cope, which resulted in the 
production of this singular 
hybrid. It has the short 
hunchbacked body, the de- 
pressed snout and the paired 
fins and protruding eyes of 
the Telescope, together with 
the dorsal fin and long verte- 
bral column of the Comet; to 
which is attached a very long 
deeply bifurcated double tail. 
Another peculiarity is the en- 
tire absence of the anal fin. 
This singular fish is so out of 
balance, due to the long spine 
FIG. 32—Agard’s Wonder , 
Two-thirds life size and the great mass of tail, 
that it rests upon the water plants balanced on the tail, and the elongated 
spine is so mobile that when it is curved under the body, the head of the 
fish is sometimes wrapped into the folds of the tail. 
Another abnormality 
is shown in Figs. 33 and 
34. This white fish has 
the body shaped like an 
egg,and when viewed from 
above, has very much the 
appearance of a white rat. 
Many other  singu- 
larities could be cited, 
and when it is remember- 
ed what faithful copyists 
both. the Chinese and 
Japanese are, there can 
be no doubt that the 
goldfishes depicted on 
their ceramics and FIG. 33—Lawson’s The White Rat 
Lateral view ‘Two-thirds life size 
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