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The celestial eye goldfish or Choutengan [1] is a double-tailed breed of fancy goldfish that possesses a distinctive pair of telescope eyes, in which the eyeballs are turned vertically and the pupils appear to be gazing skyward.
The breeding and marketing of fancy goldfish with extreme mutations is sometimes seen as cruel practice by fish keepers and animal rights activists. Because the Pearlscale Goldfish has been bred to such a spherical shape, it may experience problems with its spine and internal organs, reducing its quality of life and longevity.
The watonai was developed both from the wakin and ryukin goldfish. Jikin goldfish - A fancy goldfish variety that has its double caudal fins splay outwards. Jikin goldfish have strictly two colors (red and white) and perfect individuals display a unique pattern called the '12 points of red'. It is like a wakin, but the caudal fins are spread apart.
However, these fish became sick with fungus and were not shown in the 1893 fair. Mr. Seale saved 5 or 6 of these fish and returned home to Philadelphia with them. Mr. Seale then sold one of these fish to Franklin Barrett for $15 and this was the fish Barrett used to cross to a short but square tailed telescope eye goldfish.
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A redcap fantail goldfish. The Fantail goldfish may have either metallic or nacreous scales and normal or telescope eyes. Telescope eyes do not develop until the fish is 6 months old. Its fins are less developed than the Ryukin. It supports double anal and tail fins. The anal and caudal fins are well divided into two matching halves.
Goldfish are typically easy to care for, and black moors in particular are able to withstand a wide variety of temperatures. They do well with other fancy goldfish varieties, especially those with impaired vision such as the bubble eye or Celestial goldfish. In 1941, Moscow aquarist P. Andrianov bred a kind of black telescope with orange-red eyes.
The butterfly telescope goldfish is a variant form of the telescope goldfish with protruding eyes and is best appreciated by viewing it from above. While this tail variation is commonly paired with the telescope eye variation, 'butterfly shaped tails' may be present in other goldfish standard varieties such as ryukins or orandas. The tail ...