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Title: Goldfish breeds and other aquarium fishes, their care and propagation : a guide to freshwater and marine aquaria, their fauna, flora and management. With 280 explanatory illustrations, printed with the text
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Wolf, Herman Theodore, 1855-
Subjects: Aquariums Goldfish
Publisher: Philadelphia : Innes & sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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almost circular flat-sidedbodies are the highest prized. In the aquarium they make an agreeable contrast to the other finebreeds and have an individuality of their own which warrants their beingclassed as a distinct variety. Some fanciers still consider them single-tailedFringetails, but the general consensus of opinion is that these fishes shouldbe classed as Nymphs, the most typical having short flat-sided bodies andstraight Comet-like tails, though some Nymphs have tails of such greatlength that they of necessity droop. These may be considered a separatevariety, and are quite as much prized as the straight tailed fishes. Theyoccur both scaled and transparently scaled. THE JAPANESE HOODED OR LION-HEADED GOLDFISH Carassius auratus, var.japonicus leocephalus Fig. 15. The form, scales, fins and color of this peculiar Japanese or Coreangoldfish resemble the Fringetail but the dorsal fin is absent; the distinctivedifference consists of a peculiar growth on and over the sides of the head,
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FIG. 15. Adult Japanese Hooded or Lion-headed GoldfishCarassius auratus, var.japonicus leocephalus. Two-thirds life size 5° GOLDFISH BREKDS surrounding the orbits, so that the head of the fish has an appearancesimilar to that of the Owl breed of pigeon, surmounted by a hoodlikeexcrescence of bright pink or of crimson color. This papillomatous growthconsists of rounded tubercles, about pinhead size, evenly placed and entirlycovering the head. This peculiar goldfish was described by Mr. Hugo Mulertt who im-ported a number from Europe, and has also recently been reintroducedinto the United States. Fine specimens are of pearl-white color on thesides with occasional regularly placed single brilliant red scales; others areof golden color, but all have the characteristic crimson papilla; on andover the head. Occasional fine specimens are devoid of anal fins. In writing of the Corean breed, known as the Maruko orRanchiu, now largely bred in Japan, Prof. S. Watase states that it hasan exceedi

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