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Gold red and white Lionhead goldfish. The tremendous hood or headgrowth and fat cheeks of lionheads give them a facial appearance similar to canine puppies. [2] The "wen" (Chinese term for headgrowth) fully covers the head, cheeks and gill plates of the fish.
Lionhead may refer to Lionhead (goldfish), a variety of goldfish; Lionhead cichlid (Steatocranus casuarius), a fish; Lionhead rabbit, a breed of domestic rabbit; Lionhead Studios, a computer game development company; Lion Head (Alaska), a mountain in Alaska; Lionhead Unit, a campground at Priest Lake in Northern Idaho; The head of a lion
Assorted goldfish. This is a list of goldfish varieties and their characteristics. Currently, there are about 200 breeds of goldfish recognized in China. [1]Selective breeding over centuries has produced several color variations, some of them far removed from the "golden" color of the original fish.
The Western criteria for lionchus combine the traditional characteristic side-view profiles of the ranchu and the lionhead. [3] The ranchu's deep body, broad and curved back, and tail placement has been merged with the large headgrowth of the lionhead. Lionchus do not have dorsal fins, a trait inherited from both parent breeds. [1] [2]
Fish cannot be named Apaches if the blackness only exists on the fin/s. [ citation needed ] The panda oranda is a variety of oranda that is bi-colored or tri-colored, most identifiable by the black-and-white coloration for which it is named.
The Lionchu or lionhead-ranchu is a goldfish that has resulted from crossbreeding lionheads and ranchus. [39] [40] The egg-fish goldfish is a goldfish that lacks a dorsal fin and has a pronounced egg-shaped body. [41] [42] The Shukin is a Ranchu-like goldfish developed from Ranchus and Orandas at the end of the 19th century in Japan. Curled ...
Perhaps 700 years ago, egg goldfish were first bred for their lack of a dorsal fin. Prior to the 17th century, lionhead goldfish with this trait were kept in China and Japan, and the ranchū breed was derived from them. A dorsal fin is found on all normal fish. This fin keeps the fish stable in the water and keeps them from rolling.
The fish in this genus all have relatively reduced swim bladder function. The name Steatocranus refers to the fatty deposit on the forehead of most species. Young female Steatocranus casuarius. Two species, S. casuarius (also known as the lionhead or buffalohead cichlid) and S. tinanti are relatively common in the aquarium trade.