Black Telescope Fish
The blackmoor cannot be housed with just any other fish.
Black telescope fish. The black moor does not show this beautiful black velvet color until it matures a little. The well known and very popular black moor goldfish is basically a black version of the telescope goldfish though its eyes don t protrude quite as far. The black moor is a type of telescope eyed goldfish but with black coloration.
This goldfish variety is also called a butterfly. Telescopefish are small deep sea aulopiform fish comprising the small family giganturidae. Though rarely captured they are found in cold deep tropical to subtropical waters worldwide.
Not because they are aggressive towards others but because they swim a lot slower than other fish. Take a close look and you ll see the egg shaped body and bulging eyes that give it its name. The two known species are within the genus gigantura.
Their pair of protruding eyes alongside a black body earns them the name black telescope. What is that single color you may ask. However given optimal conditions they can grow up to eight inches in length.
In the later part of the 1700s in japan it became known as the demekin. This page lists some of the types and sizes of telescope goldfish for sale in our aquariums. 8 0 inches 20 32 cm telescope goldfish rarely exceed five inches in the home aquarium.
You guessed it it s black. The black moor is a black colored variant of a telescope goldfish that has a characteristic pair of protruding eyes. Click here for more about buying goldfish.
Black moor are descendants of a type of wild carp known as the silver prussian carp or gibel carp this fish is believed to. Black moor goldfish or black telescope fish is the black variety of the telescope fish originating in the 1400s in china. Black telescopes are commonly known as black moors black moors or just moors a reference to the black north african muslim inhabitants of al andalus.
The common name of these fish is related to their bizarre tubular eyes. However these are no ordinary goldfish they belong in a group known as fancy goldfish. The black moor has telescope eyes and they can easily be hit on things due to their swimming nature.
The fins are also long and graceful. Each variety of fancy goldfish has their own distinctive features and for black moors it s their large telescopic eyes. As goldfish black moors are from the cyprinidae family.
A product of selective breeding by the chinese this species was traded in japan in the 1500s and also entered the u s. The black moor was selectively bred to obtain these characteristics. It is a popular goldfish among aquarium fish keepers.
It was known as the dragon eyes or the dragon fish. You may see these fish called telescopes because of this. The black moor is special in the world of fancy goldfish because it is one of the only goldfish breeds to be found in a single color.
Click here for more about buying fish from us. The black moor goldfish is a black version of the telescope goldfish which is believed to have been developed in china in the early 1700s.
