In a number of places in Japan a rather strongly marked sub-\'ariety of this form has been 

 developed, the peculiarities being a short tail and a brassy color; it is called the shishi, or lion, 

 and is perhaps entitled to be C(.)nsidered a distinct variety. 



The Demekin 



PoPEYE Goldfish. Telescope-Fish 



The name demekin is gi\'en by the Japanese to a goldfish well known in Europe and America 

 as the telescope-fish. The Japanese term, which signifies p()pe\e goldfish, is much to be preferred; 

 deme means "protruding eyes.'' "Telescope" is a singularly inappropriate name, because the eyes 

 are not telescopic, i. e., long-sighted, but are extremely nn-npic, or short-sighted. The Chinese call 

 this variety the dragon-e_\-es. 



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