. 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. I. Common Goldfish,Fringetail, etc. —flateyes. 2. Chinese TelescopeGoldfishes—as spheres. 3. Chinese TelescopeGoldfishes—as ovoids. Goldfishescated cones. 5. Chinese TelescopeGoldfishes—as segment-ed spheres. 52 GOLDFISH BREEDS shaped body, projecting eyes and peculiar droop of the tail, fanciersprize the remarkable colorings developed by the orientals. The pre-vailing colors of the scal
. 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. I. Common Goldfish,Fringetail, etc. —flateyes. 2. Chinese TelescopeGoldfishes—as spheres. 3. Chinese TelescopeGoldfishes—as ovoids. Goldfishescated cones. 5. Chinese TelescopeGoldfishes—as segment-ed spheres. 52 GOLDFISH BREEDS shaped body, projecting eyes and peculiar droop of the tail, fanciersprize the remarkable colorings developed by the orientals. The pre-vailing colors of the scaled Japanese fish, Fig. 18 are those of theordinary goldfish, but most oddly placed. Certain fishes have cleargolden-red bodies with the backs and all the fins jet-black and haveblack eyeballs; others have white bodies and deep-red fins and red eyeballs. FIG. i 8—Scaled Japanese Telescope GoldfishCarassius auratus, macrophthalmus. Two-thirds life-size with black irides; some have red or golden-yellow bodies and white finswith red, white and black eyes; and others pearly-white bodies, and finsmottled with red, and red and black eyes, though none of these coloringsare necessarily permanent. The colors of these fishes are so fantastic thatFrench, German and American authorities class them as much by thesecolor peculiarities as by changes in body structure. The following are the most generally known of the Chinese telescopic-eyed goldfishes bred in the United States: THE CHINESE MOTTLED OR VARIEGATEDTELESCOPE GOLDFISH Carassius auratus, var. chinensis veriegatus. Figs. 19, 20, 21 and 22 This variety of the Telescope is commonly known as the Calico, asbest describing its fantastic markings. The body is short and thick ; thespine has a decided backward curve; the snout is formed to give the short 53 GOLDFISH BREEDS head a pu
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