Wanted: Goldfish Pictures

[catxx]

does anyone have pictures of full grown fancies with good size comparison (hands in the way etc) so we can point the newbies who've got 4 fancies in a 2 gallon back to said picture?? i can't seem to find any where you can clearly see the hugeness of the fish.

 

[black angel]

Would love to but my fantails are in the pond.
I reckon my biggest is a good 6 inches without tail, but if i get her indoors then will gladly post a pic for you


Hows things cat, havent seen much of you around lately?

 

[england]

http/public.fotki.com/nellyc/1/coldwater...k/s5000045.html


hope this helps...........cant post my other pics as to big.....the big golds are about 8inches+
the others are around 4-5inches

 

[WILDER]

Here mine.

 

[RandomWiktor]

Go here: HUGE goldfish.
Some is an example from the site:
Big Fancy
Also:
Monster Oranda
And, for everyone who thinks commons make good aquarium (or bowl) fish...
Massive common

 

[Valyrian]

That's not a common goldfish, that's a carp.

 

[RandomWiktor]

Goldfish are carp... the asiatic Carassius auratus as opposed to the european Cyprinus carpio, the common carp... but carp nonetheless. If the picture was mislabeled - which it appears to be, I should have looked closer - that's my bad. But goldfish are just the domesticated form of Carassius auratus, and commons are the least domesticated among them - very capable of reaching the same whopping lengths of their ancestoral counterparts.

edit: In fact, here we go - a properly labled Carassius auratus

 

[diburning]

Goldfish are carp... the asiatic Carassius auratus as opposed to the european Cyprinus carpio, the common carp... but carp nonetheless. If the picture was mislabeled - which it appears to be, I should have looked closer - that's my bad. But goldfish are just the domesticated form of Carassius auratus, and commons are the least domesticated among them - very capable of reaching the same whopping lengths of their ancestoral counterparts.

edit: In fact, here we go - a properly labled Carassius auratus

the one that hte other guy referred to as a "carp" is a koi or a very orange natural one.

Cyprinus carpio actually are mroe abundant and have originated in ASIA (thats where we get japanese koi. They are colorful cyprinus carpio) They have migrated to Europe over the centuries.

Carasssius aureatus is another genus altogether. They are also found in Asia.

Please get your facts straight.

 

[RandomWiktor]

Man, the "please get your facts straight" strikes me as a little rude for the honest mistake of having the wrong region, seeing as common carp are dispersed all over the world at this point. I am fully aware that they are different species in a different genus, hence my pointing out to the origional person that goldfish and koi/common carp are two different species, but are both Cyprinidae and thus both considered to be species of carp. I am noting this simply because many people do not believe that common goldfish can grow very large (plenty of those "if I put it in a bowl, it won't grow" folks out there), but no one doubts the lengths most species of non-domesticated carp reach!

 

[emma12321]

MODS - Can we get this topic pinned please

Emma