. Goldfish breeds and other aquarium fishes, their care and propagation; a guide to freshwater and marine aquaria, their fauna, flora and management. Aquariums; Goldfish. GOLDFISH BREEDS with the large spheroidal projecting eyes, having very small irides, turned upward over the head, so that the gaze of the fish is always directed to the surface. Its eyesight is very defective. The dorsel fin has been entirely ehminated, as the scales are evenly imbricated over the back and sides. The body is egg-shaped, very tapering at the tail. The fins are broad and pendant, and the tail is carried at a sl
. Goldfish breeds and other aquarium fishes, their care and propagation; a guide to freshwater and marine aquaria, their fauna, flora and management. Aquariums; Goldfish. GOLDFISH BREEDS with the large spheroidal projecting eyes, having very small irides, turned upward over the head, so that the gaze of the fish is always directed to the surface. Its eyesight is very defective. The dorsel fin has been entirely ehminated, as the scales are evenly imbricated over the back and sides. The body is egg-shaped, very tapering at the tail. The fins are broad and pendant, and the tail is carried at a slight downward angle and very widely spread to maintain the balance of the fish. Its movements are slow and languid. Due to its fixed upward gaze, the fish has acquired the habit of carrying its body at an angle, with the snout and eyes usually the highest points of the plane. European authorities depict this fish as "dolphin-tailed," and without anal fins. These would not be as highly prized by Amer- ican fanciers. It is stated that this fish is bred in jars to which the light is ad- mitted through a slit in the lid or cover, thus" inducing the fry to gaze upward for both light and food. It is considered to be sacred FIG. 19—Chinese Celestial Telescope Goldfish ^"^ IS kept IH many Lateral view. Two-thirds life size qj thc Oriental tCm- 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 successive generations and knows of but three authenticated instances of a long sur- vival of the imported fish. THE CHINESE EGGFISH Carassius auratus, var. chinensis ovi/onms. Fig. 30 Several recent German authorities mention the Chinese Eggfish, a variety of the scaled goldfish which resembles the Ya-Tan-Yu or Duck- egg of Cuvier and Valenciennes and of de Sauvign
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