254 FISH CULTURE 



were produced the fringe-tails, the balloon shape, the 

 telescope, and some other of the outlandish forms 

 seen in aquariums. 



Fanciers have one or all three points in view 

 when breeding so called fancy goldfish: The 

 development of rounded form; the develop- 

 ment of the fins ; and the development of colour 

 and markings. In the endeavour to attain 

 these features, they have crossed and re- 

 crossed until there are now but two distinct 

 classes, those with elongated and those with 

 rounded bodies ; and it has become exceedingly 

 difficult to subdivide one of these classes into 

 clearly defined types. Nearly every variety 

 has one or more pronounced features of an- 

 other. It is among the multiple-tailed forms, 

 however, that the greatest amount of selective 

 breeding has been done. Colour-effects have 

 been specially sought for, with calicos, blues, 

 Moors, bronzes, whites, reds-and-whites, and 

 other combinations as results. There need be 

 no surprise, if, within a few years, a pale green 

 fish be added to the list. 



Varieties. — The following is a nearly com- 

 plete list of the different varieties of goldfishes 



