GOLDFISH BREEDS 



shaped body, projecting eyes and peculiar droop of the tail, fanciers 

 prize the remarkable colorings developed by the orientals. The pre- 

 vailing colors of the scaled Japanese fish. Fig. i8 are those of the 

 ordinary goldfish, but most oddly placed. Certain fishes have clear 

 golden-red bodies with the backs and all the fins jet-black and have 

 black eyeballs; others have white bodies and deep-red fins and red eyeballs 



FIG. 1 8 — Scaled Japanese Telescope Goldfish 

 Carassius auraius^ var.japonicus macropkthalfKtts . Two-thirds life-size 



with black irides; some have red or golden-yellow bodies and white fins 

 with red, white and black eyes; and others pearly-white bodies, and fins 

 mottled with red, and red and black eyes, though none of these colorings 

 are necessarily permanent. The colors of these fishes are so fantastic that 

 French, German and American authorities class them as much by these 

 color peculiarities as by changes in body structure. 



The following are the most generally known of the Chinese telescopic- 

 eyed goldfishes bred in the United States: 



THE CHINESE MOTTLED OR VARIEGATED 

 TELESCOPE GOLDFISH 



Carassius auratus^ var. chinensis veriegatus. Figs. 19, 20, 21 and 22 



This variety of the Telescope is commonly known as the Calico, as 

 best describing its fantastic markings. The body is short and thick ; the 

 spine has a decided backward curve; the snout is formed to give the short 



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