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Name: Goldfish

Latin name: Carassius gibelio forma auratus

Class: fish

Size: up to 20cm

Weight: ?

Age: 1 - 30 years

Appearance: orange-yellow

Sex dimorphism: no

Nutrition type: omnivore (omnivor)

Food: algae, mosquito larvae, worms

Distribution: worldwide (farmed fish)

original origin: China

Sleep-wake cycle: twilight and nocturnal

Habitat: freshwater

natural enemies: herons, predatory fish

Sexual maturity:?

Mating season: April - May

Social behavior: Swarmfish

From extinction: no

The goldfish is one of the carp fish and was created as pure farmed fish estimated 2500 years ago in China. There, the animals were worshiped for many centuries as sacred creatures and are still a popular subject for works of art of all kinds.

Today, these freshwater fish are considered to be popular pets in aquariums of various sizes, garden ponds, and other low-flowing waters all over the world.

The direct ancestor of the goldfish is the dark green to black colored silver carnelian, which has a silvery shimmer on the sides and was originally native to East Asia.

Most goldfish have an intense orange-red or orange-yellow color, but there are also white and black-speckled cultivated forms.

Over the centuries, intensive breeding efforts have also produced species with different body and head shapes, prominent eyes, and veiled and frayed fins. Males and females are indistinguishable due to their appearance.

To make it easier for your goldfish to eat you may want to feed any vegetables to them in small pieces and mash them slightly, any leaves will need to be blanched first to soften them. What do goldfish eat ?This questions’s answer ; It shouldn’t take your goldfish very long to eat (no more than five minutes), so any excess food should be removed between feeding times with a net.

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Within the genus of goldfish there are about 120 known breeding forms. These include the fan tail, the veil tail, the lion's head, the Perlschupper and the Himmelsgucker.

Goldfish can reach body lengths of up to 20 centimeters, depending on the species, but many species remain only a few centimeters in aquariums. If goldfish lives in large ponds, in individual cases they can even grow up to half a meter long.

Goldfish have a very high life expectancy and can reach an age of up to thirty years if they are kept in the right way.

As sociable animals, goldfish feel most at home in swarms of at least five individuals.