Varieties of domesticated goldfish

Common goldfish

            Common goldfish differ only in color from their ancestor, the Prussian carp. Common goldfish come in a variety of colors including red, orange/gold, white, black and yellow or 'lemon' goldfish.

Black Moor

            The Black moor is a telescope-eyed variety of fancy goldfish that has a characteristic pair of protruding eyes. It is also referred to as popeye, telescope, kuro demekin in Japan and dragon-eye in China.

Bubble Eye

            The small, fancy Bubble Eye has upward pointing eyes accompanied by two large fluid-filled sacs.

 Celestial Eye

            Fancy Celestial eye goldfish or Choten gan has a double tail and a breed-defining pair of upturned, telescope eyes with pupils gazing skyward.


Comet (goldfish)     

       

            The comet or comet-tailed goldfish is the most common fancy variety in the United States. It is similar to the common goldfish, except slightly smaller and slimmer, and is mainly distinguished by its long, deeply forked tail.

Fantail (goldfish)

            The Fantail goldfish is the western form of the Ryukin and possesses an egg-shaped body, a high dorsal fin, a long quadruple caudal fin, and no shoulder hump.

Lionhead (goldfish) 

            The fancy lionhead has a hood. This fish is the precursor to the ranchu.


Oranda

            The fancy oranda is characterized by a prominent raspberry-like hood or (also known as wen or headgrowth) that encases the whole head except for the eyes and mouth.

Pearlscale

            The fancy pearlscale or chinshurin in Japanese, is spherical-bodied with finnage similar to the fantail.


 Pompom (goldfish)



            The fancy Pompoms or pompon or hana fusa have bundles of loose fleshy outgrowths between the nostrils, on each side of the head.

Ryukin

            The fancy ryukin has a short, deep body with a characteristic shoulder hump.

Shubunkin

            Fancy and hardy Japanese Shubunkins (朱文金) (translated literally as "red brocade") have single tail with nacreous scales, and a pattern known as calico.

Telescope eye

            The fancy telescope eye or demekin is characterized by its protruding eyes. It is also known as globe eye or dragon eye goldfish.



Ranchu

            The fancy Japanese ranchu is hooded. Japanese refer to it as the "king of goldfish".

Panda Moor

            The fancy panda moor has a characteristic black-and-white color pattern and protruding eyes.

Veiltail

            The fancy veiltail is known for its extra-long, flowing double tail. Modern veiltail standards require little or no indentation of the trailing edges of the caudal fins, as in a wedding veil for a bride.

Butterfly tail (goldfish)

            The Butterfly Tail Moor or Butterfly Telescope is of the telescope-eye lineage, with twin tails best viewed from above. The spread of the caudal fins mimics butterflies underwater.