TROPICAL AQUARIUM FISHES 33 
Fic. 18. THe CHINESE CELESTIAL 
The Celestial Telescope is the most difficult of the imported gold- 
fishes to rear or to keep alive in the aquarium. 
THE JAPANESE BARNACLED GOLDFISH 
Barnacled goldfishes are so rare that the majority of leading fan- 
ciers have never seen them. They were first imported from Japan in 
1897, soon disappearing from view. Although no new stock is known to 
have been imported, the peculiar characteristic has recently made its 
appearance again. Whether these fishes are inheriting from the original 
imported stock, of whether they represent an independent “break,” such 
as the Japanese breeders utilized in starting the breed, it is impossible even 
to surmise. The scales are raised sharply in the center, presenting regular 
lines of dots along the sides of the fish. These should not be confounded 
with fishes suffering from dropsy. In the latter case the scales stand from 
the body at the outer edge. Otherwise the fish has the characteristics of 
the telescope fish. 
