Veiltail Goldfish

Hello, for those of you who like to keep veiltail goldfish surely because its beautiful long tail. Double tail is usually also seen hanging if the fish silently or do not swim. Beauty lies in the tail is a special characteristic of veiltail goldfish. The veiltail was developed in the United States at 1890. Veiltail is result breeding of  Japanese ryukin with a telescope eye goldfish. At the time, the new variant was known  as the Philadelphia veiltails. But Veiltails can we find in form European and Chinese veiltails variety. And they can also occur with normal or telescope-eyes.

About Veiltail

Telescope Eye

Telescope Eye is a fancy goldfish that has typical with protruding eyes. Demekin, other name of Telescope Eye also known as dragon eye or globe eye goldfish.

About Telescope Eye

Shubunkin Goldfish

The Shubunkin are single tailed and hardy fancy goldfish native from Japan. They have nacreous scale and calico coloration.

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Ryukin Goldfish

The Ryukin are fancy goldfish that characterized by hump in the shoulder region and has short deep body. In their history, Ryukin come from Ryukyu Islands which lies between Taiwan and Japan. Some referrence claimed that existence of ryukins dates back to 1833. Early Japanese literature refers to the ryukin as the onaga (longtail) or the nagasaki goldfish. But in English Ryukin also known as Japanese ribbontail, the fringetail, the fantail or the veiltail.

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Ranchu Goldfish

The Ranchu Goldfish is hooded fancy goldfish that very popular particularly in Japan.  The Ranchu have appearance like Lionhead but Ranchu has a back that is more arched and have much shorter tails that are tucked-in at a sharp angle. Ranchu body shape also very similar with Lionhead that both are egg-shaped goldfish without a dorsal fin. The most prominent feature of the ranchu is its head. The Ranchu head covered by headgrowth or crown. The gill cover has appearance-like a raspberry. The crown of young ranchu fry may take at least a year to develop.

Pom-pom Goldfish

Pom pom one of fancy goldfish type also by some people known as Pompon or Hana Fusa, they are goldfish variant that have characteristic bundles of loose fleshy outgrowths between the nostrils, on each side of the head.

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Pearlscale

The Pearlscale also known as Chinshurin in Japan. Pearlscale has a similar body with Fantail. Pearlscale is a spherical-bodied fancy goldfish with finnage

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Oranda Goldfish

An Oranda is a fancy goldfish species that have hood like raspberries in appearance encasing its head. Only the eyes and the mouth of the Oranda is not wrapped by this hood or headgrowth.

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Lionhead Goldfish

Lionhead is one type of freshwater fish are unique that native from asia exactly in China and was introduced into Japan in the 17th and 18th centuries. As the name suggests, we can interpret this fish has a head like a lion that is hooded. Lionhead is before Ranchu goldfish species appear.

About Lionhead

Lionchu (Goldfish)

Lionchu simply is a combination of Lionhead and Ranchu. Lionchu an original fish from Asia, which developed from the crossbreeding lionheads and ranchus goldfish variety.

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Fantail Goldfish

Fantail Goldfish are community temperament fish species native from Japan and China. Fantail is a type of omnivore that can be fed commercial pellets and fish flakes. This goldfish are very popular in Japan called Ryukin but more ordinary western people call Fantail Goldfish. General characteristics of the fantail is an egg-shaped body, a high dorsal fin, a long quadruple caudal fin, and a shoulder without the hump.

About Fantail

Celestial Eye Goldfish

Celestial Eye goldfish is a type of community fish that native to Asia. Celestial eye is a type of omnivore can be fed live food and commercial foods such as flakes. Special characteristics of celestial eye are a double tail and has telescope eyes turned upwards, pupils looked up. By the time young, Celestial goldfish have normal eyes and then gradually protruding laterally and then to the top after the age of about 6 months.

Celestials first appeared as a direct mutation of the Telescope goldfish in the 18th century. Celestial eye first appeared in China in 1772 and then until the year 1903 arrived in Japan. In the first decade of 20th century celestial eye arriving in the United States.

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Calico Goldfish

Calico Goldfish or nacreous are goldfish of any breed that shows a mixture of metallic and transparent scales that produces a pearly appearance.

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Blackmoor Goldfish

Black Moor Goldfish is a community temperament fish  that native from Asia. This fish is omnivore. The black moor is a telescope-eyed variety of fancy goldfish. they has a characteristic pair of protruding eyes. It is also referred to as popeye, telescope, dragon-eye in China and kuro demekin in Japan.

About Black Moor Goldfish

Butterfly Tail Goldfish

The butterfly tail goldfish or called the jikin in Japan, is distinguished by a double tail fin has a distinctive 'X' shape. Therefore they have another name that is the star tail goldfish. The butterfly-tail goldfish is believed to have been developed from the hardy common goldfish (or wakin in Japanese).

About Butterfly Tail Goldfish

Bubble Eye Goldfish

The Bubble Eye is a small variety of fancy goldfish with upward pointing eyes that are accompanied by two large fluid-filled sacs. The fish should be kept separately from boisterous types and away from sharp tank decor because their bubbles are fragile. Although the bubbles will regrow if punctured but with proper accommodation, the bubbles do not disadvantage the fish and they become very tame.

Comet Goldfish

The comet goldfish or comet-tailed goldfish is the most common variety of fancy goldfish. It is similar to the common goldfish, except slightly smaller and slimmer, and is mainly distinguished by its long deeply forked tail.

The comet goldfish variety is thought to have originated from the United States around the 1800s. It is a single-tail long bodied goldfish. This goldfish variety is an excellent choice for beginners. It is a hardy strain that can be kept in an outdoor pond or aquarium.

Common goldfish

Common goldfish are no other modifications goldfish from ancestor except their color that can become red, orange/gold, white, black and yellow / lemon. They are native from China.

Common Goldfish As Pets

Common goldfish became a popular pet around the world because they are easy to breed. Common goldfish are hardier and able to live in a variety of conditions ranging from indoor aquariums to outdoor ponds because they can withstand fluctuations in water quality and temperature.