THE GOLDFISH 



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American breeder of Scaleless Telescopes has an ambition to breed a 

 solid blue fish with high-class body and fins. A few solid blues have 

 been produced, but the other recjuired points were lacking. Calico 

 Telescopes of the higher order seldom find their way into the pet shop, 

 the price effectively keeping them out. This is true of most of the 

 finer fishes. Public taste in these matters is not sufficiently educated 

 to warrant dealers in taking the risk of carrying the more highly 

 developed, and therefore more delicate, specimens in stock. It must 

 be noted, however, that the past few years have witnessed a gratifying 

 development of general interest in the better aquaria and fancy fishes 

 of all kinds. 



Fig. 23. Ideal Veiltail Calico Telescope 

 THE SCALELESS VEILTAIL TELESCOPE 



While it is true that some of the early Chinese scaleless impor- 

 tations had broad tails and medium length bodies, it is highly prob- 

 able that none of them equaled in short bodies and long fins the pres- 

 ent American standard type. AVe crossed Japanese Fringetails with 

 Scaleless Chinese Telescopes, thereby producing two new varieties 



