Their head growth or hood similar to the Lionhead. All of their fins are paired except the dorsal fin, and the tail fin is usually split. Oranda: The Oranda has a large round shaped body. Lionhead: The Lionhead has an egg-shaped body without dorsal fins and a very straight back. The lionchu has the large headgrowth like the lionhead and lacks in dorsal fin. Lionchu: The Lionchu is a fancy goldfish that has resulted from crossbreeding lionheads and ranchus. Comet is a hardy type of goldfish that are suitable for garden ponds due to their high tolerance for cold water.Ĭommon Goldfish: Common goldfish are a type of goldfish with no other modifications from their ancestor, the Prussian carp(Carassius gibelio), other than their color.Įgg-fish: Egg-fish has an egg-shaped body and a long tail, without a dorsal fin and no headgrowth.įantail: The Fantail has an egg-shaped body, a high dorsal fin, a long quadruple caudal fin, and no shoulder hump. Like ranchu, the Celestial Eye is one of the dorsal less goldfish.Ĭomet: Comet is a long slender body and a long tail. The Celestial eye has eyes that are aimed upwards but lacks the sacs under their eyes. Calico coloration can occur in goldfish varieties such as the orandas, ryukins, fantails, telescope eyes, and others.Ĭelestial Eye: The Celestial eye has a torpedo-shaped body similar to the Bubble Eye. This nacreous coloration of usually extends over the fins. Like ranchu, the bubble eye lacks in dorsal fin and has a double tail.īutterfly Tail: The butterfly tail or jikin is similar to the wakin except when viewed from behind the butterly tail's double tail fin has a pronounced 'X' shape.Ĭalico: Calico have patches of red, yellow, grey and black along with dark speckles on a blue background. The main types are.īlack Moors: The Black Moor is a black version of the Telescope.īubble Eye: The Bubble eye is a small variety of fancy goldfish with upward pointing eyes that are accompanied by two large sacs under the eyes. There are so many different types of goldfish. Selective breeding over many centuries has produced goldfish with various colors, color patterns, forms and sizes far different from those of the original domesticated carp. Goldfish (Carassius auratus) were originally domesticated from the Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio).

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