Description Lionhead (goldfish)

gold red , white lionhead goldfish

the tremendous hood or headgrowth , fat cheeks of lionheads give them facial appearance similar canine puppies. wen (chinese term headgrowth) covers head, cheeks , gill plates of fish. furthermore, lionheads have short deep bodies, , relatively straight or evenly arched backs without dorsal fins. finnage, in general, short. breeding standards require lionhead’s anal fins paired, double tail fin should not droop, , upper edges should held away body. tail of traditional lionhead can separated, partially separated, or webbed. tail should meet caudal peduncle (the area body joins tail) in fashion perpendicular body. caudal peduncle ideally broad, allowing tail open when fish swims. of proper lionhead quite broad support placement of raspberry-like hood. hood development may vary more pronounced in males. hood takes year develop in young fry. mature male lionheads periodically shed patches of headgrowths.

lionheads can grow 6 inches (15 cm) in length (including finnage) , may have metallic, nacreous or matte scales. available in orange, red, white, red-and-white, blue, black, black-and-white, black-and-red, natural, , chocolate coloration.