Fancy Tail Goldfish
Other members of this family include the closely related carps.
Fancy tail goldfish. The fantail goldfish may have either metallic or nacreous scales and normal or telescope eyes. Fancy goldfish were selectively bred in captivity across asia in countries like china and japan. This original fancy goldfish is known as the fantail fancy goldfish.
I have a large round raised garden pond 1 5m diameter x 60cm deep which already has 10 smallish normal goldfish living happily and it has a uv filter fountain pump plus a small pond heater switched on for winter days. The fantail goldfish originated in the early 1400s during the ming dynasty of china. The original fancy goldfish first appeared in the 1400 s in china during the ming dynasty.
Natural populations don t exist in the wild. Fantail goldfish are the ancestor from which all modern fancy types of goldfish descended. Telescope eyes do not develop until the fish is 6 months old.
Fantail goldfish are a popular variety of fancy goldfish carassius auratus from the cyprinidae family. Its fins are less developed than the ryukin. The fantail goldfish has a rounded egg like body and is characterized by its split tail fin.
The anal and caudal fins are well divided into two matching halves.