Weird but Pretty Fish

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bubbless

Discussion Starter · Nov 15, 2007

hi guys,

i have this fish in my freshwater tank that i have raised since it was like 2 inches long. At first it looked like a goldfish...ur typical black and gold orange fish. But as it grew, it...well morphed!.....its pretty but i would really like to know what kind of fish it is.

thankx guys

BTW...its about 6-7 years old now and about 11" from tail to tip.

http://tinyurl.com/2kqc9k
or
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/2035048857/

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bgoodwins

· #2 · Nov 15, 2007

looks like a goldfish to me. If not then a koi, but the body shape and lack of barbles make me think goldfish.

knuggs

· #3 · Nov 15, 2007

Thats a great looking fish. Love the long fins. I would also say it some sort of (Black)Goldfish.

Saraja87

· #4 · Nov 15, 2007

Third here on the goldfish. It's just a very pretty one

susankat

· #5 · Nov 15, 2007

Its a colormorph of the longfin goldfish

bubbless

Discussion Starter · #6 · Nov 15, 2007

thankx guys

i just googled "feral goldfish" and one of the searches came up with a fish that looked xactly like mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!...its a wild-type golsfish then.....

:icon_mrgr

http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=508

p.s.....yeah he/she is not only pretty but very peaceful......i have had it with fish 1/3 its size without the little ones getting hurt!

psybock

· #7 · Nov 16, 2007

That fish actually looks like a butterfly koi, given the shape of it's body, the finange and the fact that the nostrils have the fleshy look to them...

mistergreen

· #8 · Nov 16, 2007

it's looks like mutt goldfish... I has all the traits of fancy goldfish & comet & moors even.

jinx©

· #9 · Nov 16, 2007

I was thinking a long-finned comet, but after reading mistergreens post i tend to agree that it has a little of all of them...lol

A pretty fish nonetheless

Cattius

· #10 · Nov 17, 2007

That's a great looking fish. If I were you, I'd try to breed it.

aelysa

· #11 · Nov 17, 2007

It might also be a goldfish/koi hybrid, they breed together readily.

eon17

· #12 · Nov 17, 2007

7 years old 11 inches and it has no whiskers...its a goldie for sure

paw-paw

· #13 · Nov 29, 2007 (Edited)

interesting....

bubbless

Discussion Starter · #14 · Nov 29, 2007

i got it from petland..weird but true:tongue: ....i think ur right aelysa, its a goldfish-koi hybrid only b/c it has burbles...yeah i forgot to mention that, it has barbles abt 1/2" long...its really hard to see in the pic cuz its so grainy...lemme see if i cud take a clearer picture...:tongue:

apro

· #15 · Dec 1, 2007

I think its a variant of a black moor

Got Fish?

· #16 · Dec 2, 2007

definatly a goldfish, but a great looking one, its fins look healthy =)

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