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vermilion in life, while the rest of the 

 fish is chalk white. 



Passing to Fig. 3, we have a normally 

 shaped fish bred for pecuHarities in 

 color; it is a mottled form presenting 

 great individual variation. Character- 

 istically, it is spotted on both body and 

 fins, and a single specimen may com- 

 prise in color blue, purple and vermilion, 

 as well as black and white. Some speci- 

 mens are all of a purple shade which is 

 unique and truly remarkable. 



In Fig. 4, the Ranchu is generally a 

 bright red fish with short, rounded body, 

 and three-lobed, short tail; conspicuous 

 red, or whitish red warts on its head 

 (except lower jaw), and a complete ab- 

 sence of the dorsal fin. Of this variety 

 there are some extraordinary examples, 

 but their descriptions would carry me 

 far beyond the legitimate limits of this 

 article; this applies, too, to my furnish- 

 ing any descriptions of the varieties not 

 here figured. Dr. Smith gives all this 

 information in great detail. 



With respect to the Kinranshi of Fig. 

 4, we have another black, red and white 

 variety that lacks the dorsal fin. This 

 is the latest addition given us by the 

 breeders of Japan, and the history of its 

 production forms an interesting chapter 

 in goldfish literature. 



A veritable monstrosity is seen in the 

 Deme-Ranchu (lower cut. Fig. 4) ; for 

 what beauty can there be in a fish that 

 possesses enormous pedunculated, pro- 

 truding, upturned (90°) eye-balls, a 

 shortened body, no dorsal fin, and a 

 triple tail, so large as to be out of all 

 proportion to the rest of the body of its 

 owner? In color this variety may be 

 black or orange or the two colors com- 

 bined in all manner of patterns and 

 varying areas. These creatures, when 



Fig. 4 



(Upper cut) The Ranchu or Maruko (Corean Goldfish) 



(Middle cut) The Kinranshi or Brocaded Goldfish 



(Lower cut) The Deme or Pop-eye Ranchu. 



By the author after the colored plates 



of S. Matsubara in Dr Hugh M. Smith's work 



on "Japanese Goldfish" 



bred to the greatest refinement, can 

 hardly swim; moreover, they are of low 

 vital power and often sterile, being slug- 

 gish in all their movements on the bot- 

 tom of either pond or aquarium, where 

 they live out their inert existence. 



One of the most beautiful of these 

 varieties is the Watoni or Fringtail 

 Wakin, it being a large fish, parti-col- 

 ored (brilliant vermilion and white), 

 with all the fins highly developed, the 

 caudal one of great size and bifid. 



We are confronted with a big subject 

 when we come to study goldfish culture 

 for profit, for it is an industry that is 

 taking on very large growth in this coun- 

 try at the present time. The demand 



