Identifier: goldfishvarietie00inne (find matches)
Title: Goldfish varieties and tropical aquarium fishes; a complete guide to aquaria and related subjects
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Innes, William T. (William Thornton), 1874-1969
Subjects: Aquariums Goldfish
Publisher: Philadelphia, Innes
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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e breed, it is considered a goodfish. A perfect caHco veiltail telescope is the acme of perfection whichmost American breeders have in mind as their highest goal. THE CHINESE CELESTIAL TELESCOPE GOLDFISH For a long time an erroneous belief existed that the peculiar eyes ofthe celestial goldfish are produced by placing the young in jars whichwere lighted only from a small slit in the top. Although this variety isdifficult to breed, it has been done several times in the United States. Nopeculiar contrivances of any kind were used. At the usual period ofabout ten weeks they developed ordinary telescope eyes in the regular way.Later they gradually turned towards the top of the head as shown inFigs. 18 and 39. If any such peculiarity had been produced by mechanical means, itwould not be reproduced in the offspring. By some Orientals the Celes-tial Goldfish is considered sacred on account of its constant heavenwardgaze, and is accorded a place in their temples. TEOPICAL AQUARIUM FISHES 9,9,
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Fig. 18. The Chinkse Celestial The Celestial Telescope is the most difficult of the imported gold-fishes to rear or to keep alive in the aquarium. THE JAPANESE BARNACLED GOLDFISH Barnacled goldfishes are so rare that the majority of leading fan-ciers have never seen them. They vi^ere first imported from Japan in1897, soon disappearing from viev^. Although no new stock is known tohave been imported, the peculiar characteristic has recently made itsappearance again. Whether these fishes are inheriting from the originalimported stock, of whether they represent an independent break, suchas the Japanese breeders utilized in starting the breed, it is impossible evento surmise. The scales are raised sharply in the center, presenting regularlines of dots along the sides of the fish. These should not be confoundedwith fishes suffering from dropsy. In the latter case the scales stand fromthe body at the outer edge. Otherwise the fish has the characteristics ofthe telescope fish. 34 GOLDFISH VAE

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