The Association of Midland Goldfish Keepers
The society comprises dedicated goldfish keepers committed to the care and breeding of goldfish
The Newest variety in the UK standard the Butterfly, is so called after the Caudal fin that is well divided and shaped like open wings of a butterfly when viewed from above. Its other characteristic is the predominant telescope eyes which are spherical in a raised sleeved socket, and noticeably different from other telescoped…
The Red Cap Oranda is a metallic fish with all-white body and a bright red wen. This wen typically covers just the top of the fishes head unlike the other varieties of Oranda. Interationally the Red Cap is found with a variety of tail types, where as the UK standard carries a veiltail. This…
The Pompon or Pom-pom, is also known as the hana fusa, and is characterised by the bundles of loose fleshy outgrowths between the nostrils, on each side of the head. With a similar body shape and finnage to a Lionhead (without the obvious wen growth), the extent of the nasal outgrowths, which are enlargements…
The bubble eye is comparatively rare in UK. It is a dorsal-less fish, and good specimens will have a clean back and eye bubbles well matched for colour and size. The bubbles are fragile and the fish should be kept separately from boisterous types and away from sharp tank décor, although the bubbles will…
The wakin is a common goldfish with a divided, fantail-like tail and is the common goldfish of the Far East, particularly in Japan; in fact, our Western common goldfish with wild-type, single fins all round is uncommon in the Far East. These fish can grow quite large.
The jikin, also known as the peacock-tail, has a divided tail which is splayed outwards. It is one of the most difficult varieties to breed to the standard. This fish was developed in Japan from the wakin. The nacreous form is known as the edojikin.
The celestial is rare in UK, being a novelty fish here, but it is popular in China and USA; they are very hard work to breed to the standard. They need to be kept in tanks free of entanglements and without strong overhead lighting; given these conditions, they lead perfectly normal lives. Celestials first…
This fish has an undivided double tail, with the tail splayed sideways and forwards. It was developed in Japan from the Ryukin and is uncommon outside Japan. Tosakins were bred for viewing from above, and much of the effect of the spectacular tail is lost when viewed from the side. This is the only…
One of the rarer varieties of fancy goldfish, know for its cornicle eyes, black colour. Sometimes seen with a ribbon tail, and notably similar to the Moor, with a variation to the regressive Telescope eye gene found in both the Moor and the Butterfly Telescope (Popular amongst the modern Goldfish Keeper). The origin of the…
The Moor is, in effect, a jet black veiltail with spherical protruding eyes. Far Eastern imports generally have good eyes and colouration but a somewhat ‘rectangular’ body outline and a thin-lobed, deeply-forked tail. Breeding for the broad tail seems to result in smaller eyes and a bronze or silver belly, and it is…