CHAPTER V. 
PSEUDO-GOLDFISH. 
Although not goldfish in the correct sense of the term, the 
following fish being of a golden color are often classed as such. 
They are also members of the carp family, closely related to 
the carassius, and their habits are very similar. For complete- 
ness sake, I have given them due consideration in this little 
volume. 
THE GOLDEN CARP. 
(Cyprinus auratus.) 
The shape of the body, the location, shape and size of the 
fins and tail are exactly like those in the common goldfish. 
The head is more pointed, the lips more developed, and the 
upper one is supplied with four small barbles, two at each cor- 
ner of the mouth. The color of the body is light orange on 
back and sides, with a golden lustre, the abdomen white. It 
attains a length of about ten inches and is an ornamental 
variety of the food carp of China and Japan, as is the following: 
THE PURPLE CARP. 
(Cyprinus purpurea ) 
Shape and everything else is like the preceding, except 
the color, which is violet-purple on the back fading to light 
purple with a metallic lustre on the sides and a lilac tint on 
the abdomen. A handsome fish. 
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