ALL THAT GLITTERS

I am indebted to Ruby/Rebecca Lang (my dear girl, you do confuse me) for this fascinating story of giant fish. Max tells me that although the golden colour morph of the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) is known, and so this charming fellow is not unique.

I assumed that it would have been someone like this fish who was the great grand-daddy of the domestic goldfish but peculiarly the goldfish (Carassius auratus) is descended from domesticated forms of the Prussian carp (Carassius gebelio), which doesn’t come from Prussia at all but is a native of various parts of Asia.

Koi, however, are descended from common carp, but this handsome chap is no koi, just an incredibly beautiful colour variant of yer normal Cyprinus carpio. Lovely isn't he?

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