38 GOLDFISH VARIETIES AND 
THE METEOR, OR TAILLESS GOLDFISH 
In breeding for long-tailed fishes a strange perversion sometimes 
occurs in the form of a tailless fish, the other fins being well developed. 
The anal is single. Some of these have recently been bred together, and 
Fic. 23. THE METEOR 
by a few generations of selective breeding the type has become quite 
well fixed. At first regarded as a mere freak, the Meteor has been 
accorded a place in a number of competitive exhibitions. A specimen 
such as illustrated can swim better than would be imagined, and makes 
quite a streaming effect passing through the water. 
