Personal collection - fish - Cypriniformes, gallery 2
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The fancy goldfish here may look like candy, but really they're models of man-made invalids deliberately bred for debilitating deformity much in the manner of many pedigree dogs. Even then the miniatures here, for all their outlandishness, pretty much all look less extreme than what is done to the real animals.
The fancy goldfish here may look like candy, but really they're models of man-made invalids deliberately bred for debilitating deformity much in the manner of many pedigree dogs. Even then the miniatures here, for all their outlandishness, pretty much all look less extreme than what is done to the real animals.
Yujin Aquarium Fish In Colour series 1 comet goldfish. These deliberately bred comets are a further colour-mutated form of the morphologically mutated, wild-coloured comet. They combine into one fish both of the wild-occurring mutations to both colour and fin length, but retain a body plan essentially unaltered from the wild fish. Sculpted by KOW. Original finish.
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Yujin/Takara Tomy A.R.T.S 2008 3-D Capsule Encyclopedia Aquarium Fish In Colour series 2 goldfish, shubunkin. A calico variant selectively bred for mutated colours and even longer & softer fins than those on the above comet goldfish.
Sculpted by KOW. Original finish. |
Yujin Aquarium Fish In Colour series 1 goldfish, telescope eye (demekin). Sculpted by KOW. Original finish.
Telescope eyes are bred for deep, compacted bodies, veil-like fins and eye protrusion that increases with age. They suffer impaired vision and ability to swim, as well as compression of the internal organs for this. They are liable to puncture their eyes by swimming into objects. |
Yujin/Takara Tomy A.R.T.S 2008 3-D Capsule Encyclopedia Aquarium Fish In Colour series 2 goldfish, panda telescope eye. Secret figure within the set. Sculpted by KOW. Original finish.
These fish are a colour variant of the telescope eye. They too are bred for a deformed body, soft fins and progressive eye protrusion. For this they suffer impaired vision & movement, as well as compressed internal organs. Normal-eyed offspring are sometimes born but are usually killed off. |
Yujin Aquarium Fish In Colour series 1 goldfish, ryukin. Sculpted by KOW. Original finish.
Ryukins are bred for a compacted, deep body. This impairs the animals' ability to swim and is liable to compress their internal organs into wrong body cavities. |
Yujin/Takara Tomy A.R.T.S 2008 3-D Capsule Encyclopedia Aquarium Fish In Colour series 2 goldfish, Edo Akane (albino ryukin). A secret figure within the set.
Sculpted by KOW. Original finish - my copy has a large casting defect on its face. |
Yujin/Takara Tomy A.R.T.S 2008 3-D Capsule Encyclopedia Aquarium Fish In Colour series 2 goldfish, pearlscale (chinshurin). Sculpted by KOW. Retouched.
The pearlscale is bred for a debilitatingly round body shape that severely restricts the fish's movements and compresses its internal organs. The deformity also causes swim bladder disorders, further hampering the fish's ability to swim. The model, for all its deformity, depicts a notably more moderate body shape than what is popularly bred for these days. |
Yujin Aquarium Fish In Colour series 1 goldfish, oranda. Sculpted by KOW. Original finish.
Orandas are bred for a short, deep body and veil-like fins that impair the animal's ability to swim. These fish also have a wen or headgrowth that is prone to infections and may become so large it leaves the fish sightless. |
Yujin/Takara Tomy A.R.T.S 2008 3-D Capsule Encyclopedia Aquarium Fish In Colour series 2 goldfish, redcap oranda (tanchou). Sculpted by KOW. Original finish.
Another colour variant of the oranda with a similarly deformed body and a headgrowth that may grow to encase most of the head and blind the animal. |
Yujin/Takara Tomy A.R.T.S 2008 3-D Capsule Encyclopedia Aquarium Fish In Colour series 2 goldfish, black ranchu. Sculpted by KOW. Original finish.
Ranchus are bred for an egg-shaped body with a sharply tucked tail, impairing their ability to swim. They also have mass of extraneous tissue growing on their heads. This growth is prone to infections and may grow so large as to blind the animal. |
Yujin/Takara Tomy A.R.T.S 2008 3-D Capsule Encyclopedia Aquarium Fish In Colour series 2 goldfish, white bubble eye (suihogan). Sculpted by KOW. Original finish.
For decorative purposes, bubble eye goldfish are bred to develop frail, fluid-filled undereye sacs. These sacs impair the fish's ability to swim or see. The animals' eyes are also oriented upward, further restricting their vision. The sacs are also liable to be torn and eaten by other fish, then developing bacterial infections once punctured. The fish are also known for their poor ability to swim. |