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Tue Boar—This is a variety of the former. The part 
where the head joins the shoulder is much concaved, resem- 
bling in appearance the head of a wild boar. 
THE SUPERB. 
Body elongated’ very similar to the preceding, but the back 
being much broader; fins and tail are normal; the color on 
the back is either old- gold and the individual scales edged 
with black, or deep vermilion and the scales edged with gold. 
These colors are solid over the entire back, never in spots 
or blotches, and the abdomen is in either case pearly white; 
eyes golden. It attains a length of about fifteen inches, and 
is very desirable where it is seen from above, for instance, 
in a fountain basin. 
THE SmMaLL Biur—This, like the preceding, is also silvery 
on the abdomen, but which, however, is delicately flushed with 
pale rose. The whole of the sides and back are of a rich 
azure, which shines with a metallic lustre. 
Tue Moore—Is another distinct variety and is a large fish. 
The back and sides are very nearly black, which becomes vio- 
let underneath. All of the scales are edged with a red-toned 
bronze. 
THE DOLPHIN. 
Body elongated, shorter than in the common goldfish; the 
forepart of the back (head and shoulder) strongly arched; the 
abdomen forming an almost straight line; fins small and 
rounded; tail normal, frequently a dolphin-tail. Color of 
body, deep vermilion and milky white, either, each of these 
solid, or in blotches one on the other, in such a manner that 
the entire head may be either all white or all vermilion, or 
