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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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in fishes bred from Japanesestock, the colors are black on the back and sides, with a delicate bluish orreddish-bronze tone on the abdomen, these scales have the appearance ofbeing outlined with golden-bronze. The fishes so marked never retaintheir black color, but at some time in their existence, assume the darkercolors of the goldfish. It is accepted among breeders that young Moors 57 GOLDFISH BREEDS which are white on the under side of the body, between the fins, are morelikely to retain their black color than those which are yellow in this region.No fish is handsomer in the aquarium than a fine Moor, as the beauti-ful form and color not only contrast with the other fishes, but tend to bringtheir brilliant colors more prominently into notice. THE CHINESE PIEBALD OR TIGER TELESCOPE GOLDFISH Carassius auratus, var. chinensis tigrinis Figs. 25 and 26 This fish has a most curious appearance both in form and markings.The tubular eyes are developed to a remarkable degree, often extending
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FIG. 25—Chinese Tiger Telescope GoldfishCarassius auratus, var. chinensis tigrinus Lateral view Two-thirds life size beyond the snout, directed sidewise and projecting y2 to $/% inches fromthe orbits. In transverse section the fish would appear almost triangular,with the flattened abdomen as the base. The body is short, thick and malformed, scant of fins and tail, and thecurious markings, from which the fish de-rives its name, are the pink and blue tonesof the flesh under the transparent scales,as the prevailing color, overlaid withstreaks and patches of black, dark brown,red and dusky grey on the back, sides andfins, with a lemon-yellow abdomen. Buttwo good specimens of this breed havebeen seen by the author; Europeanauthorities depict them as characteristicallymarked with narrow bands of contrastingcolors. FIG. 26—Chinese Tiger Telescope GoldfishFrontal view Two-thirds life size

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