i am doing a paper on the origins of the many varieties of goldfish as we know them today and their migration into the pet industry all over the world. anyone know of any websites or books that might have some good info? thanks!
goldfish/carp origin
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"Chinese Goldfish", Tetra Press ISBN # 7-119-00408-5.
This book details the development of Goldfish from the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) when a gold fish was discovered in Hangzhou and Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province to the present day.
That and Google ought to get you started.
This book details the development of Goldfish from the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) when a gold fish was discovered in Hangzhou and Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province to the present day.
That and Google ought to get you started.
thanks-i was actually looking at that book on ebay. and i already googled all i could google. do you work for them or something?
slightly OT, but at the LFS I saw the most bizarre goldfish. This one was labelled "celestial eye." They all were a very pale irridescent gold color. They had the enormous eye balls with huge pupils that were fixed pereptually upward inside eye sockets protruding one from each side of the head.
I must admit to having been slightly sickened by their appearance.
ETA: I googled and discovered that these are a form that are at least 100 years old. They are still bizarre looking nonetheless. picture here of celestial eye
I must admit to having been slightly sickened by their appearance.
ETA: I googled and discovered that these are a form that are at least 100 years old. They are still bizarre looking nonetheless. picture here of celestial eye
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EEESSSHHH!! Looks like a muppet...
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I don't keep any of the bubble or "dragon eye" varieties- don't care for them even a little.
A huge wen even near the eye is bad enough for me.
A huge wen even near the eye is bad enough for me.
i would stay away from the bubble eyed golfish as well as the celestial eyed goldfish, i have enough stress wondering if my wilbur (black moor) is going to puncture one of his eyes, and those two just seem that much more fragile.
they are interesting though, i will admit.
they are interesting though, i will admit.
I'll admit that I like telescope moors, however I personally prefer commons and shubunkins. I at least prefer the carp-like shape as opposed to the cultivated ones. Mind you I am starting to like Koi more than goldfish, mostly due to their size and incredible lifespans.
