20 THE GOLDFISH AND ITS CULTURE, 
the entire fish white, while all the fins, including the tail, are 
vermilion; or a vermilion-colored fish has but one large irreg- 
ular shaped white spot somewhere on its body or reversed. 
Solid white specimens are faintly tinted pink, purple or lemon- 
yellow, and are very beautiful. The eyes are very variable in 
size as well as in color, and specimens with eyes of twice 
their normal size, blue or pink in color, may be looked for. 
THE COMET. 
Body slender, longer than in the common goldfish; butt 
three times as long as deep; fins very large and flexible; 
abdominal fins pointed; tail deeply divided and as long as 
the body; color of the body and eyes very variable. Any 
color or lustre met with in the other types may be seen in 
a comet. <A noble type! 
The first of this type I produced by a lucky crossing, and 
this occurred in the summer of 1881 when a long-tailed comet 
was illuminating the heavens. I named it “Comet,” the large 
tail and its elongated structure being the prominent feature 
in its appearance. 
THE NYMPH. 
Body short, much compressed upon the sides, and stout, 
more than onethird as deep as long, almond shaped; butt 
as long as deep; fins larger than in the common goldfish 
and pointed; tail deeply divided. Colors: white, deep orange 
with a lustre of burnished gold, deep or light vermilion, some- 
times milky white with irregular oddly located spots (like on 
a fox terrier) of deep vermilion and shining golden blotches 
on the throat and abdomen. Very Pea 
