Goldfish varieties and genetics : a handbook for breeders

Goldfi sh Varieties and Genetics: A Handbook for Breeders......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
(Colour plate section falls between pages 118 and 119)......Page 129
Preface......Page 9
1 Introduction......Page 11
2 History and Development of the Goldfish......Page 21
Pre-domestication......Page 22
Domestication......Page 24
Diversification......Page 26
The political dimension......Page 30
Artefacts as evidence in tracing development of goldfish varieties......Page 33
Dissemination of the goldfish......Page 35
3 Goldfish Varieties … a Review of Literature......Page 36
H. T. Wolf (1908) Goldfish Breeds......Page 38
Hugh M. Smith (1909) Japanese Goldfi sh … Their Varieties and Cultivation......Page 49
W. T. Innes (1917…1932, 1947) Goldfi sh Varieties......Page 58
Hodge & Derham (1926) Goldfi sh Culture for Amateurs......Page 63
T. C. Roughley (1936) The Cult of the Goldfish......Page 64
Chen (1925) Variation in External Characters of Goldfi sh Carassius auratus......Page 65
Matsui (1934) Genetical Studies on Goldfi sh of Japan......Page 68
Matsui (1934) Genetical Studies on Goldfi sh of Japan......Page 73
Hervey & Hems (1948) The Goldfish......Page 74
Frank Orme (1979) Fancy Goldfi sh Culture......Page 79
Watanabe (1988) Handbook of Goldfish......Page 81
Pénzes & Tölg (1986) Goldfi sh and Ornamental Carp......Page 82
Recent literature on Chinese goldfish......Page 83
Man Shek-hay (1982, 1993) Goldfi sh in Hong Kong......Page 84
Li Zhen (1988) Chinese Goldfish......Page 85
B. Teichfi scher (1994) Goldfi sche in Aller Welt......Page 86
The Common Goldfish......Page 90
The Comet......Page 93
The Shubunkins......Page 94
The Wakin......Page 98
The Jikin......Page 100
The Fantail......Page 101
The Ryukin......Page 102
The Tosakin......Page 104
The Veiltail......Page 105
The Telescope......Page 108
The Celestial......Page 113
The Bubble-eye......Page 114
The Pompon......Page 115
The Pearlscale......Page 117
The Oranda......Page 118
The Ranchu-Lionhead Group......Page 120
Concluding remarks......Page 124
5 The Aesthetic Appreciation of Goldfish......Page 125
The Common Goldfish standard......Page 126
The Comet standard......Page 128
The Shubunkin standard......Page 136
The Fantail standard......Page 139
The Fringetail standard......Page 141
The Ryukin standard......Page 142
The Veiltail standard......Page 143
The Tosakin standard......Page 145
The Pompon standard......Page 146
The Telescope-eye standards......Page 147
The Bubble-eye standard......Page 148
The Oranda standards......Page 149
The Lionhead standards......Page 151
Goldfish aesthetics and standards … some conclusions......Page 152
Condition and deportment......Page 154
Goldfish appreciation … a postscript......Page 155
The chromosome theory of heredity......Page 156
Mendelian inheritance......Page 157
Linkage......Page 163
Polyploidy......Page 164
Developmental aspects......Page 167
Quantitative genetics......Page 168
Population genetics......Page 170
Breeding strategy......Page 171
The xanthic mutation......Page 175
The twin-tail mutation......Page 177
Fins … size and shape......Page 180
General coloration......Page 182
Eye mutants......Page 191
Hypertrophies of the head......Page 192
Scale types......Page 193
The out-turned operculum......Page 195
Evolutionary genetics of goldfish … some conclusions......Page 196
Evolution of the goldfish … a genealogy......Page 198
8 Genetics and Goldfish Improvement......Page 202
Manipulation of dominance relationships between alleles at a genetic locus......Page 204
Biotechnology and its actual and potential significance......Page 208
Population aspects......Page 210
Envoi......Page 212
Glossary......Page 216
Bibliography......Page 222
Index......Page 226