CHAPTER III. 



JAPANESE GOLDFISHES. 



( Carassius japomcus.) 

 JAPANISCHE GOLDFISCHE. POISSON D'ORIENT. 



In introducing this variety of fish to the attention of -the reader, 

 it may be said that the description of the mode of reproduction, 

 habits, etc., regarding the common goldfish, equally apply to the 

 Japanese and Chinese varieties, as they are members of the same 

 family, differing only in shape and color. 



The Japanese specify the goldfish by the shape of the body and 

 that of the fins, the coloring in most species being the same. The 

 prevailing colors are vermillion, gold and white, if indeed the last 

 can be called a color. 



The Japanese classification being rather complicated, the species' 

 names will be omitted for convenience sake, and the fish described 

 in the manner others have been, though at the same time retaining 



the foreign nomenclature. 







THE TELESCOPE. 



This fish is indeed an odd looking affair. The body is spherical 

 very much like that of a frog-tadpole, and covered, as all goldfishes 

 are, with medium-sized scales. The fins, are very delicate in struc- 



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