Fish ID please - Golden Something

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  1. Gilbertr14

    Gilbertr14 Phenacogrammus

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    But petshops aren't always right
     
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    I'm not too sure, but those look like some sort of Calico goldfish.
     
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    possibly shubunkin variety of sorts...
     
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    It is definitely a goldfish !!!!!!!!!
     
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    i think its a fish
     
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    can you post a pic from a tiny bit further away? not so -up in you lens-
     
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    It was at a petshop.

    The golds where truely beautiful.
    It varied from yellow, to bright gold, to white, to dull old gold
     
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    definitley and cold water variety - agree with Dolphin
     
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    its a carp
     
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    its one of those water breathing things, with the fins and the gills and the nom-nom-nom mouths... i'm sure of it!
     
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    Hey Gilbert - you should know by now that carp are not a favourite on the site !!! :)

    To answer your question I would say Fantail Comet
     
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    Couldn't have said it better myself :bigsmile:
     
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