. 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. onsidered to be sacredand is kept in manyof the Oriental tem-ples, probably on account of its constant heavenward gaze. The Celestial Telescope is the most difficult of the imported gold-fishes to rear or to keep alive in the aquarium, the author having no in-formation of its successful breeding in the United States for successivegenerations and knows of but three authenticated instances
. 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. onsidered to be sacredand is kept in manyof the Oriental tem-ples, probably on account of its constant heavenward gaze. The Celestial Telescope is the most difficult of the imported gold-fishes to rear or to keep alive in the aquarium, the author having no in-formation of its successful breeding in the United States for successivegenerations and knows of but three authenticated instances of a long sur-vival of the imported fish. THE CHINESE EGGFISH Carasstus auratus, var. ckinensis oviformis, Kig. 30 Several recent German authorities mention the Chinese Eggfish, avariety of the scaled goldfish which resembles the Ya-Tan-Yu or Duck-egg of Cuvier and Valenciennes and of de Sauvigny. It is described ashaving a perfect eggshaped body, very evenly convexed and rounded onall sides, from the head to the base of the tail; with flat eyes like those otthe Fringetail, which verv seldom incline to the telescopic. The dorsaland anal fins are absent, the pectoral and ventral fins are normal and the. FIG. 29—Chinese Celestial Telescope GoldfishLateral view. Two-thirds life size 6l GOLDFISH BREEDS narrow double tail droops directly downward from the back. Those ofa white color are most highly prized and are considered to be the mostperfect and preferable to mottled or red fishes, as they more nearly deservethe designation of Eggfish.
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