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4 Modern Goldfish Varieties The Common Goldfish The Comet The Shubunkins The Wakin The Jikin The Fantail The Ryukin The Tosakin The Veiltail The Telescope The Celestial The Bubble-eye The Pompon The Pearlscale The Oranda The Ranchu-Lionhead Group Concluding remarks 5 The Aesthetic Appreciation of Goldfish The Common Goldfish standard The Comet standard The Shubunkin standard The Fantail standard The Jikin standard The Fringetail standard The Ryukin standard The Veiltail standard The Tosakin standard The Pearlscale standard The Pompon standard The Telescope-eye standards The Celestial standard The Bubble-eye standard The Oranda standards The Lionhead standards Goldfish aesthetics and standards – some conclusions Condition and deportment Goldfish appreciation – a postscript 6 Basic Genetic Principles for Goldfish Breeders The chromosome theory of heredity Mendelian inheritance Linkage Polyploidy

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