species

[yonukka]

can anyone tell what kind of goldfish this is? http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m73/jpbaypoint925/Picture066.jpg

[yonukka]

probably not its too small

[podheadx]

It has the body streamline of a Comet, but your right its too small to tell.
Describe it some, normal tail or split one, solid gold or marbled etc.

[jm1212]

it might be a wakin... does it have a twil tail?

[plah831]

my guess was Comet. coloration is right, forked single tail, body shape.
the Comet and common are very close, only difference is slightly longer tails and fins on comets. so it could be a common, too.

[dorkfish]

Whoa! guess I was way off, I thought it was a golden white cloud!!??

FYI, all goldfish are the same species, Carassius auratus, and are pretty much the same care wise, except fancys require 20-30g per fish, while normals/comets require 40-50g per fish (becuase comets/normals are faster swimmers, and usually put on more length than fancys).

[plah831]

dorkfish, have you ever had white clouds? you should know better than that ;)

anyway, yes, goldfish are all the same species. the types are more like different breeds of dogs. i wonder if a fancy could mate with a comet, though...

[jm1212]

hey there where the wakin comes in lol... im pretty sure thats what will happen lol

[plah831]

hey there where the wakin comes in lol...
you're probably right! they do look just like a mix between a fancy and a "regular" goldfish. i wonder how it works physically... maybe i'm thinking about this too much.

[dorkfish]

dorkfish, have you ever had white clouds?

nope


you should know better than that ;)

probably...

but it looks slimmer than any goldfish I've seen, and it does have some similaritys to a white cloud...

http://a1272.g.akamai.net/7/1272/1121/20050915194641/www.liveaquaria.com/images/products/large/p_89797.jpg

.. and like most fish, if it was stressed out at the time the pic was taken, it would lose some/most of it's coloration...

However that pic is too small for me to tell.

[plah831]

yes, the coloration could have been washed out, but the body shape (proportions) is wrong.

[yonukka]

A larger picture of him http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m73/jpbaypoint925/Picture067.jpg

[yonukka]

Hes quite small, about a half inch. His caudal fin looks to be a crescent.

[plah831]

it looks most like a common goldfish, the "normal" kind. it might possibly be a young comet with fins and tail that haven't reached their full length yet.