The Oranda Shishigashira 



DUTCH LION-HEAD 



The orancla shishigashira, or Dutch lion-head, did not originate in Holland, but was so-called 

 according to Japanese custom because it was a new or strange production. It was first bred at 

 Koriyama or Osaka about 1840, and was produced by crossing the ranchu and the ryukin. It 

 possesses the peculiar cephalic excrescences of the former and the flowing drapery of the latter, and is 

 perhaps the most striking type of goldfish, representing the highest development along the two lines 

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The body is less elevated than in the ryukin and more elongate than in the ranchu. As adult age 

 is neared, a warty mass develops on the head; this excrescence varies in extent, sometimes covering 

 the entire top and sides of head, sometimes forming a cap from the eyes backward. In some 

 specimens the normally broad head is still further broadened by the lateral growth, and the eyes are 



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