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tific name one might infer that this is a Jap- 

 anese production, but some fanciers are in- 

 clined to consider it the result of Chinese 



breeding. 



Fig. 55. Comet-tail Gold Fish, Carassius auratus, rar. 

 japonicus simpler. 



The body of the Comet fish is not nearly 

 as compact and clumsy as that of any of the 

 other abnormally developed gold fish, but is 



