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National Goldfish Standards & Technical Information NATIONAL GOLDFISHSTANDARDS & TECHNICAL INFORMATION BOOKLET No: 4 EleventhEdition 2002 FederatioDof British Aquatic Societies '[i{milbnri Eir'ni^tp{(hrFid FOREWORD This is the eleventh repdnt and tlle third revision of the Federation's Goldish Standards.Fist pdflted in 1947they were unique in that many ol the feau.res tust appea.ringin the standads hav€ been adopted by other orglnjsatioDs both at home and thorEhout the world. The five hverty pointing system being but one ofthem. Th€ 1947st ndaralswerc subject to a major revision in 1954to recogllisethe advancementsthat had beenmade in gold6sh breeding. In 1973 when the last revision took place some adjustnents werc made to exrstingstandards, but pinaily the rcvision was to introduce rcw standardsto cater for severalnew vadetiesthat werebeins imporledftom the Far fast in quandry Somer\ /mry yearslatrer we ari aware of yet firther variation in some of the standards,most notable the fi$age of be Bistol Sh"bunkin, the Tancho CMet ^ d. Tatcho Orunda afld tbe eye sacsof the Subble-eft. To enableB to recogniseand cater for these alterations the Federation's Judges & Si:ndards Committee have lmdertakena major ovemll ofthe Goldfsh Shndards. The conunittee has sought opinion iom goldfsh keepels both within the Federahonaid odemally to il and whilst not claiming to have accepteda1i of the views put forward l'e have r]sed those, which we consideredwere best suited to our requirements,thjs has resultedin some modifcation of both some dfawings ard texl with a view ofrendedng them morc faciie in use ard to seek their acce?tability to the widest possible spectmm of goidfsh opinion. The use of the Fede,lation'sshow class lettering s,stem has bem retained duoughout the lage rumbaing. With SingletailGoldfsh being exhibitedin class 'U' ad its subdivisions and Twintail coldfsh in class 'V' ard it's subdivisions.To maintain the booklet in good order the Fedemtionis ableto supply a plastic covered A5 n1g bn eq ttris protect the pages &om both dirt and water. Conlact the cunent MerchandisingOfficer if you wish to obtain one. whose name ?.1daddress is to be ford in the curent Year BooL To those who have contibuted both past afld presentto the prodrction of the mary StandardBooks we recog se the work of. Alex Fmser-Bruimer, Len BetLs,Cal Browq Brian Baker, Bob & Sheila EssorLLes Pearcea..rd PeteWatson. Judges& StandadsCommittee 2002. CONTEN'TS O€nerElGuidance ard hformalion CorngurdionDiaarms. t? SINGLE'TAU,s: CorrunotrColdtulr l-u Brirtol shubtr'tin 4-U 5-U 6U ooldfish Fediues. 7,1ry TWINTAII,S: Fantail. 8-V Peekcale. 9-V Jikin. l0-y Veiltail. lt-v t2-v ll,v l5,v DORSELEAS: 16-V Ranchu Lionn€ad RanchnDiffererce. t8-v 19-V 20-v Bubble-eye. 2r,v GOLDFISH GUIDES: 22-2i HEr@i!hil.j 24-y RFrrn. 25-y Wnkitl Ped& 27-y }3AS COLDFISH STANDARDS & OUIDES. JITDGING. EXHIBITING. GENERA]- GUIDANCE & IFORT4ATION Nomenclaturefust intoducedby $e GoldfishSociety ol GreatBritan has been used in these standrrds. Metallic, Nacr€ous and Matt to descnbe the rtuee basic diaph.aaicscal€ goups; Singletai! Twr,'rtail a,'ld Dorsulessto descdbethe tfuee ba5ic6inage conigu&tions. BASIC & INTERMEDIATE: Cslrain varieties of Coldfuh are considered'Basic Varieties' and the odrer 'L'rtermediate Vafleties': basic varieties efibit the chaJacteristicsof the intermediatevarieties. Org&lisatlotrsconsidering siaging limited classesfor coldish should enswe that they provrde ciassesfor the basicvarieties belbre stagingspeciic classes. SCAIE GROUPS: Althou3h it js generallyrecogrised lhat there are at least five diaphanicscale goups, the three listed aboveare used for exhibition purposes.These groups are deiemined by the amount of cryslalline rcflective material immedralely below the scales and within the upper dermis. This reflective material is Cuamne.There are complex geneticalfactors flmou.nding its inleritance that are not of concem here. The fust of the ihee exhibition groupmgs s Metalic, in which a[ the scalesare quite djstinBishable, have a ]aycr ol guanineback!€ r\e scalesgiving the appearanceof bumished met4 sone 'hard times alluded to as scales'. T\e secondis Nacteous,n which all the scalesare still visible some with a scattedngofgua,ljne backing scalesgvrng the 6sh a peady lustle. Lasdy N{at! in {hich the scalesare dilEcult to see and the surface of the 6sh js dull a.nd devoid of shite with no gMmne 'roJi backingany scales,these ate sometimesa.lluded to as scal€r'. a). A Metalic tuh exhibits no Matt scaling and has a iJ1l ftis to both b). A Mati fish exiibiis no Metallic scaling and becauseoitle absence of Guanineno iDs to both eyes.These are sometimes alludedto as 'shoe buttan etes' . c). Nacreous6sh are an intemrediaretwe and exlibil a mlxhne ofboth Metallic and Matt scahng,the best specimenshave and absenceof 'soft Guadne on their gill plates(operculum) known as gill platet' &1dftlI irises to both eyes. lt ; important to note that not a[ ofthe diaphanicgoups areacceptable with sofle vadetiesas theseaae vadeties with a set colodr reqruement. i FINNAGE & BODY TYPESI Those vadeties of Goldjlsh possessingthe caudal a,1dan.dl fins sr,1g1eand m€dian are krolln as Singetails,those in which the cau&l and allal 6rls are drvided and paned as Twnrkils and drosewl rout a Dorsal as Do6a1ess.At ptesetrt ail Dorsaless vadeties are abo Trvinirils. Singletails are nonnai bodi€4 i.e. BasicaltyCoDro, Goldrr, shape.they havea body depth olless thai % the body length; it is alsovery rmportantfor both breedersandjudges to ensure$at Singletailsare not foreshortenedin tie body by testingihat the headlengfi wil go hto body length tl]e correctnumber of times. A similar test is also applied to Twintail varieties. A]drowh l\vintails are short bodied, Fd,/d', or r/elltdil shapethe body is ali'ays deeperthan X the body lengl\. However enswe tlrat the body is not so foreshortenedthat ihe head appearsas an addition !o the body, drat fie body contour flows evenly rrlto t\e head.The lateral iine i5 also a body gude wlth Twintails, 4ot morc than % of tlre body depth should be beiow ihe lateral iire. The Caudal and Anal fins of Twr,'1iarlsmust be fully dr\,1dedand tlle two halls of each tn equrlly developedand a perl'ectmarch eachtrlle twin oflhe otler. In al1varieties both SinECetailsand Twntarls ivhere presenLthe lead edgeol the Do$a1 is equai h length to dre pelvic 6ns. The Ceneral criterion regardingfiIln3ge is that fimage folov/s the nne of malching: one long ail long, one tendrng to be pointed .ll iending to be pornted, one founded aI BODY PROPORTIONS: The body proportions ol the diffedng varieties can best be understoodby studying the confi€!.ration Diagrans on Pages4 and 5. Not€ the horizontal registersand the relative positions ofthe vertical co-ordiJlates,the start and terminaton pointr, ihe tuls, and the body l€ngth and depth ratios. All ihese factorscan bestbe assessedby the applicadonofthe con-6$uationsystem. COLOURI Colour is dimcdt to defureirl word and is best seen;the intendjng exhibitor wrll soon discoverwhat is favouredon dle show bench. Note ihose exhibits that gain high poinrs br colour, seek out the Judges' opllllon as lo why he favouredc€rtain fuh fu colow in prefercnceto othels. }IETALLIC COLOURS Broadly the colot{s sought for in lvletalic fiih are a rich deepOra.nge-Red or a deep ckome Yelloq except for those valeties that are colour specrdc. Moors, Jiktn a1\dTanchoare slrch varieties.Wiihruoor.t the colouf rcqu;ed is a rich velvet Black. The Jiti, i5 requted to be devoid ofcolour pigment on tlte body with just Lhelips and lmage a deepOrange-Red. Depending on the z.'nount of guanine present, the body colour will be either silver or white. Taj.,o fishes are Iequired lo be devoid of colour plgment on the body with just the dennal growth on the head a deep Ora,.1ge-Red,depcnding on th€ amor.nt of gunline present theil body a,1dfimage colorlr will also be eilher Metnllic tuh exhibiting just one offlre prinary colours Orange/Red,Yello 'self or Black are refelTedto as coloured or e/ ', the iack of colour on a metalic lsh a11owsthe guanine to show tfuough .ds Silver, and,/orCreamy White. Silver or $hite therefore indlcates the tuh is lacking colour pigmentation.Black is sometimesseen in the extrenritiesofthe innage and along lhe do6al ridge olthe body, Lhjscan nrdicaie !ha! a fisli has not tu[y completedthe coLourchlige ftom the 'wiid' broMe birfi colour, in most casesthe colour changewill co rplete itsell in drne. Colour in Metdlc ilsh should always be intenseand sFead into the far extremitiesofthe fiffage. lf more than one colour b Fesent then it should be rn a p1elsants),Tlrmetrical panem NACREOUSCOLOURS: Nacreonsfish exhibil a greater variety of cololrs than Metaiiic tuh, these include Red, Blue, Violet arld Bro$ar These combining wi$ the Primary colouls of OrarydRed, Yellow and Black together witl Lh€ silver of tlre gu?rlinepmduce an abundanceofshades ard hues. The basic glound colour deemedmost desirableis a deepblue overlaid $'ith a mottliU ol'dll llte other colou$ with a nirirmr.'n ofmetallic scahg. MATT COI,OURS: Matt frsh are qulte often devoid ofboth colour and guaninea]rd drerelbre3Je rlot suitableas exhiblhon specrrrem they aresometuaes retained lbr brceding simply becaEe they are lacking these featurcs. However it js possible to come aross well colouted Matts, on close €xardnation theseare quite often fourd to be oftle diapharic $oup Lrlow asPrerdo-Mar, this is a diaphanic group that are completely maft soa.ledbut br€ed as if ihey were a naqeour fiA]5 as wit\ Mock Metatt. thei. genetics are not ftl]y understoodat this time. SHO\vRULES: Prior to exhibitin8 Goldfish exhibitoG shor d tust obtar,'ra copy of dle Federation's Show Rules tuld fie Coldtuh Pointing System This wil help lhem enterlle exlibit in the correctclass a,1d fu]Il the reouirementsofthe Exhrbition.All this infomationis lo be formdin FBAS Book5.
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