
GOLDFISH BREEDS 

of the benefit which they present than because of the curiosity which they 
excite, open a vast field of research for naturalists, which have not yet 
sufficiently attracted their attention.” 
This meagre and unsatisfactory description is all the mention which 
the memoir makes of the goldfishes, but the plates are so interesting and 
curious that brief descriptions of the eighty-eight fishes of the mentioned 
seven breeds shown are only omitted on account of lack of space. The 
book is open to the inspection of the publicin the library of the Academy, 
Cor. 19th and Race Streets, Philadelphia. 
None of the plates show transparently scaled fishes or an absence of 
the dorsal fin which leads to the inference that these characteristics were of 
later development than the publication of this book. 

