LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



COLORED PLATES OF JAPANESE GOLDFISH. 

 From water-color paintings from 

 life by J. Urata 



The Wakin 



The Ryukin 



The Ranchu or Maruko 



The Oranda Shishigashira 



The Demekin 



The Deme-Ranchu 



The Watonai 



The Shukin 



The Shubunkin 



The Kinranshi 



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GOLDFISH SPAWNING ON WILLOW ROOTS IN A MUD 



POND 58 



COLLECTING MINUTE CRUSTACEANS AS FOOD FOR 



GOLDFISH 64 



FEEDING ENTOMOSTKACA TO YOUNG GOLDFISH IN 



CONCRETE PONDS 68 



DRAWING DOWN A CONCRETE REARING POND ... 71 

 TRANSFERRING GOLDFISH FRY FROM ONE POND TO 



ANOTHER 73 



I'AGE 



SELECTING AND SORTING YOUNG GOLDFISH FOR 



REARING 76 



AN IMPORTED RYUKIN Frontispiece 



From a photograph by Dr. R. \V. Shufeldt 



THE WILD GOLDFISH 16 



DIAGRAM OF TYPES OF CAUDAL FIN 16 



DORSAL VIEW OF A HIGHLY-CULTIVATED RYI-KIN . 25 



After Watase. 



TYPES OF THE RANCHU OR MARUKO VARIETY . . 29 



DUTCH LION-HEAD 33 



VIEW IN A TOKYO GOLDFISH ESTABLISHMENT . 47 



After Mitsukuri. 

 REMOVING DUST, DIRT, BUBBLES, KTC., FROM 



SPAWNING POND 55 



TEXT CUTS OF CERTAIN VARIETIES OF GOLDFISH 

 After Mitsukuri. 



Wakin 13,23 



Ryukin 26,27 



Ranchu 30,31 



Oranda Shishigashira 32, 35 



Demekin 37 



Shukin 40 



