TROPICAL AQUARIUM FISHES 27 
THE JAPANESE FRINGETAIL GOLDFISH 
In point of pure elegance there is no breed of goldfish equal to the 
Japanese Fringetail. Our illustration is taken from a sketch of the fish, 
made by its owner, Mr. Franklin Barrett. A few words regarding this, 
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the best-known individual fish that has ever been owned in this country, 
might be of interest. The Japanese Imperial Government sent a collection 
of its best goldfishes to the World’s Fair at Chicago in 1893. Only a few 
of them survived the journey and still fewer lived through the Exposi- 
tion. These had fallen into a diseased condition and were given to Mr. 
William P. Seal. He cured them and later sold this one, now known 
as “The World’s Fair Fish,” to Mr. Barrett, for a comparatively small 
consideration. At that time the fish had not developed the wonderful 
qualities which have made it famous. It was one of those cases where 
“blood will tell.” 
