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Bristol Shubunkins are a long broad-bodied goldfish with well-developed finnage, possessing a tail that is exaggeratingly large, moderately forked, and rounded at the end, making a shape similar to that of a heart or the capitalization of the letter "B". They are the rarest shubunkins, hardly in stores, and few are in the US.
The Bristol shubunkin is the only wild fish to have a heart-shaped tail. Double tail types. Fantailed - This is the standard tail type of fancy goldfish. It is a tail of the common goldfish that is doubled. It is also called a comet-tail, but with fairly shorter tail length and less sharp forks than a true comet-tail.
Common, London and Bristol shubunkins, jikin, wakin, comet and some hardier fantail goldfish can be kept in a pond year-round in temperate and subtropical climates. Moor, veiltail, oranda and lionhead can be kept safely in outdoor ponds year-round only in more tropical climates and elsewhere only in summer months.
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Its origins are less known due to its circumstances being unrecognized, but it is assumed to be a cross of Bristol shubunkin and Jikin. The name suggests the red body with white perpendicular stripes creates a clownfish-like appearance. Like jikins, artificial pattering is also used in kumanomi for stripes. [5]
4 Bristol Shubunkin in Japan. 8 comments. 5 Species infobox. 1 comment. 6 Japanese/American Shubunkin. 1 comment. Toggle the table of contents. Talk: Shubunkin. Add ...
Orange and white ryūkin with black specks. This is a form of calico, called a sakura.. The ryūkin is a hardy and attractive variety of goldfish with a pointed head and has a pronounced hump on the back behind the head.
The Pearlscale standard is as follows: Depth of body to be greater than 2/3 of body length; Scales to be domed; Dorsal fin to be single, all other fins to be paired