Veiltail Goldfish

<body bgcolor="#CCCCFF" background="../../back4.jpg" text="#0000FF" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0" topmargin="0" bottommargin="0" class="main"> <a name="top"></a><p align="center" class="headlink"><br>| <a href="../../index.htm" target="_top">Home</a> | <a href="veiltail.htm" target="_top">Back to Veiltail</a> | <a href="../goldfish.htm" target="_top">Back to Goldfish</a> |<br> </p> <h3 align="center">METALLIC VEILTAILS</h3> <h4>Adult metallic veiltails</h4> <table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><img src="red_veiltail_goldfish_2011b.jpg" alt="red veiltail goldfish" width="275" height="210" border="0"></td> <td><img src="red_veiltail_goldfish_2011a.jpg" alt="red veiltail goldfish" width="275" height="210" border="0"></td> </tr> </table> <p>Two-year old red veiltail shown at GSGB 2011. Notice the slight curling over of the top of the dorsal fin, which seems to happen when finnage is bred long; breeders of course try to prevent this through selection. Notice also the lack of colour at the edges of the fins, which is common; it is very hard to match a complex and difficult standard like that of the veiltail.</p> <table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><img src="metallic_veiltail_05-1c.jpg" alt="red-silver veiltail, left view" width="275" height="210" border="0"></td> <td><img src="metallic_veiltail_05-1b.jpg" alt="red-silver veiltail, right view" width="275" height="210" border="0"></td> </tr> </table> <p>Two-year old red-silver variegated veiltail shown at GSGB 2005.</p> <table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><img src="metallic_veiltail_05-2a.jpg" alt="red veiltail" width="275" height="205" border="0"></td> <td><img src="metallic_veiltail_05-2b.jpg" alt="red veiltail" width="275" height="205" border="0"></td> </tr> </table> <p>Adult red metallic veiltail, almost completely self-coloured. Shown at GSGB 2005.</p> <table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><img src="red_veiltail_2001-2.jpg" alt="red veiltail" width="250" height="250" border="0"></td> <td><img src="red_veiltail_2001-1.jpg" alt="red veiltail" width="250" height="250" border="0"></td> </tr> </table> <p>Young adult with a fine, red colour; ideally, the colour would extend throughout the fins. Shown at BAS 2001.</p> <h4>Veiltail with forked tail</h4> <p align="center"><img src="old.jpg" width="200" height="234" border="0" alt="metallic veiltail"></p> <p>This is a 50-year-old photograph of a veiltail of superb overall quality, but with a forked tail. Much has been achieved in the last 50 years by way of breeding out the fork, giving a nearly straight trailing edge to the tail.</p> <p align="center">[<a href="vt-m.htm#top" target="main">Back</a>]    [<a href="#top">Top</a>]<br>© Bristol Aquarists' Society<br> </p> </body>