Goldfish appeared more than 1500 years ago in China by breeding goldfish. Today there are many types of goldfish for the aquarium, which are conventionally divided into two large groups: short-bodied and long-bodied. The latter are similar in shape to their ancestors - wild carp. A distinctive feature of the short-bodied is the more compressed body.
Varieties of goldfish
A comet is a goldfish with a long ribbon-like tail. It is believed that the fish is more thoroughbred, if the tail is longer than the body. Especially appreciated are comets, in which the body and fins are colored in different colors. These fish are unpretentious, but restless.
The goldfish telescope has a forked tail and an egg-shaped body. Its name was given by large, bulging eyes. In purebred telescopes, the size of the eyes should be the same and they should be located symmetrically. Their eyes differ in shape and size: they are disc-shaped, cylindrical, spherical and even conical. The tail in fish of telescopes can be veil, long or short, so-called skirt. The most thoroughbreds are telescopes with a long host and strongly bulging eyes.
A goldfish with long fins and transparent scales is a shubunkin. These fish are of a motley color: black-white-red-yellow-blue. Especially valuable are purple-blue shubunkins. These fish are unpretentious and calm.
On the head of a golden fish oranda, or a red cap, as it is also called, there is a fat growth, and according to the shape of the body, it looks like a fish telescope. Very beautiful red-cheeked oranda, in which the body is white, and the head is red. It is very difficult to get such a fish artificially.
Fish water eyes have received their name for the unusual shape of the eyes, unlike other types of goldfish. The eyes of the fish are like bubbles hanging from both sides of the head. Such eyes are very vulnerable, therefore it is necessary to handle these fish very carefully. In the most valuable individuals, the eyes can grow by a quarter of the size of the entire body.
A golden fish pearl has a body like a ball. The color of the calf is orange-red or golden. Scales have a round convex shape and are similar to small pearls. The main thing in its content is proper feeding and balanced feed .
Vualehvost - one of the most popular types of aquarium goldfish. The shape of the body is ovoid and very expressive. Long fins thin and almost transparent. A thoroughbred fishes have a tail five times the length of the body. Especially beautiful is the caudal fin, which looks like an elegant plume.
A new kind of goldfish is very much appreciated - the lionhead. Her body is short and round. On the back instead of the dorsal fin an acute angle is formed, directed toward the upper edge of the tail. The name got its fish for an unusual shape of the head, on which there are massive outgrowths of dense skin.