The leading varieties include "red dragon-eye", "white dragon-eye", "red-white dappled dragon-eye", "blue dragon-eye, purple dragon-eye" "tall-headed dragon-eye" and "redcap dragon-eye" etc. Generally, the body color usually contains red, white, black, red-white dapple and dapple of five colors. It got the name "dragon eye" because its two eyeballs distinctly protrude out of the orbital cavity. The "dragon-eye Goldfish" is the representative breed of the "dragon series", which is characterized by short and thick body conformation, back-fin, big tail fin, flat and wide head. The leading varieties include " WenGoldfish", "lion-head and "pearl-scale". The body color of " Wenseries" Goldfish mainly consists of red, reddish black, red-white, blue, purple and dapple of five colors. The name " Wen" is originated from its back-fin and big tail fin, which looks like the Chinese character " 文 ( wen) ".
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Wen(文) series are characterized by short body conformation, pointed head and lip, round abdomen, small and flat eyes which don't bulge out of the orbital cavity like other types of Goldfish. In terms of color and luster, this series can be fallen into following varieties: white-grass crucian, aurum crucian, inkiness crucian, yellow-black crucian, and red-white crucian. Through long-term domestication, they can swim in ranks following people's ring tone or swarm together to scramble for food. They swim quickly and are not afraid of human. Long and narrow streamlined body, small eyes, and single tail fin are the main characteristics of it. At present, Goldfish has pervaded all over the world, with more than 300 definite varieties.Ĭhinese Goldfish, according to their characteristics of head, body, tail fin and the existing of back-fin, can be classified into four strains of breed, i.e., crucian series, Wenseries, dragon series and egg series.Ĭrucian series, similar to the common crucian in appearance, is the earliest variety living in wild grasses. In the 18th century, it was introduced to the United States. In 1728, the Netherlands started artificial propagation of Goldfish which soon prevailed across Europe. In the early 17th century, some varieties were introduced to Portugal and Britain. In the Song Dynasty (960-1279), when the Goldfish cultivation transformed to artificial breeding, some varieties were spread to Japan. Since then, many varieties with odd shape and high ornamental value were brought into existence, such as bubble eye, "goose - neck, "reversed gill, and "pompon", etc. It is until the last year of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the cultivation of Goldfish enters its heyday, when the double tai-finned fish was cultivated. In the Song Dynasty (960-1279), fish cultivation transformed from semi-domestic breeding to domestic breeding, and Goldfish formally became a breed. As a result, the crucian under protection became a semi-cultivated pet fish.
At that time, many Fangshengchi(pools for freeing captive animals) was constructed for breeding captured aureate crucians.
It is described as the "fairy covered with golden scale" or "the peony in water" by Chinese people while crowned with "the oriental saint fish" by scholars in the West.Īs far back as the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the fashion of "believing in Buddhism and abstaining the killing of living things" was prevailing. Goldfish is famous for its flamboyant color, Junoesque posture, and elegant swimming gesture, as well as quiet and tender temperament. Up to the present, Goldfish is still reputed as Chinese Goldfish over the world. Goldfish, belonging to the Cyprinidae family of the Cyprinoid order in terms of Zoology, was originally produced in China.
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