45+ Varieties and Goldfish Variants

If you want to know how to identify what type of goldfish you have, you need to look at its features. Here are some unique features that make identifying your goldfish simple. There are hundreds of types of goldfish, many that have been cross bred which take on a mix of different features.

Goldfish varieties and variations

• Shubunkins (variations)
  • American Shubunkins
  • Bristol Shubunkins
  • London Shubunkins
• Bubble Eye
  • Toadhead or hama-tou
• Butterfly Tail
  • Telescope Tail
• Celestial Eye
• Comet
  • Sarasa Comet
  • Tancho single-tail
• Common
• Curled-gill
• Eggfish
• Fantail
• Imperial
• Izumo Nankin
• Jikin (variations)
  • Kumanomi kingyo
  • Tokai Nishiki 
• Lionchu
• Lionhead
• Nymph

• Oranda (variations)
  •  Azuma Nishiki
  • Calico Orando
  • Blue Orando
  • Chocolate Orando
  • Pearlscale
  • Crown Pearlscale
  • Butterfly Tail
  • Red Cap Oranda
• Pearlscale (variations)
  • Bubble-domed
  • High-head Pearlscale
  • Crown Pearlscale 
  • Hama Nishiki.
• Pompom (variations)
  • hana fusa or white pompom 
• Ranchu (variations)
  • Calico Ranchu
  • Sakura Ranchu
  • Shukin
  • Nankin
  • Pom Pom
  • Bubbleye
  • Celestial Eye
• Ryukin (variations)
  • Calico Ryukin
  • Telescope
  • Calico Telescope
  • Tosakin
• Sabao
• Shukin
  • Hagoromo shukin
• Tamasaba
• Telescope (variations)
  • Black Moor Telescope
  • Telescope Tail
  • Panda Telescope
  • White Telescope
• Tosakin
• Veiltail
• Wakin
• Watonai

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