Ryukin by RedundantlyAbundant

Photography • Animals • posted on Feb 13, 2006

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www.matttidball.com During the Tang Dynasty, it was popular for Chinese ponds to have carps. As the result of a genetic mutation one of these carp displayed "gold" (actually yellowish orange) rather than silver coloration. This mutation is associated with a dominant gene which also makes the breeding of this trait rather easy. The gold-coloured strain became popular for keeping in containers. Afterwards, the people began to breed the gold variety instead of the silver, and began to keep them into small containers to watch. In AD 1162 the Empress ordered the building of a pond to collect the red and gold variety of those carps. By this time people outside the royal family were forbidden to keep gold fishes. An order was given to the keepers to kill all the fish that were gold in colour because yellow was the royal colour and the court was offended. This is why there are more orange goldfish than yellow goldfish, even though genetically yellow is easier to breed for. As bred in captivity, more mutations occurred producing more colours and fancy goldfish appeared. According to old books, the occurrence of other colours were first recorded in AD 1276. In the Ming Dynasty it was recorded the first occurrence of fancy tailed goldfish. In AD 1502, goldfish were introduced to Japan, where it had been developed the Ryukin and Tosakin varieties. In AD 1611, Goldfish were introduced to Portugal, the starting point from which they were introduced to other parts of Europe. The goldfish was finally introduced to North America in AD 1874. - Wikipedia

Comments (12)

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Zacko

4:51AM | Mon, 13 February 2006

Well...your fish sure is prettier than the one i just posted, i give you that. LOL. Wonderful capture, i love the darkness in which it swims. Excellent work. Have a great one. #:O)

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Dianthus

4:52AM | Mon, 13 February 2006

Great image and words:)

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danob

5:25AM | Mon, 13 February 2006

Bravo Matt a fine image and very interesting information

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killerpumpkins

6:18AM | Mon, 13 February 2006

Very nicely done. Very interesting story to accompany this portrait. The whole package indeed! KP

soulofharmony

11:29AM | Mon, 13 February 2006

Tang Dynasty behold alot of ancient literature also.. along with the beautiful History of the stunning Fish..:) outstanding p'graphy matty.. simply perfect...:)))

Georgy

12:08PM | Mon, 13 February 2006

Wonderful info and image.

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jcv2

2:59PM | Mon, 13 February 2006

Beautiful fish, looking so great and have been fascinating people throughout many centuries! :)

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Niutek

5:42PM | Mon, 13 February 2006

That's a beautifully shot fish :) Love how soft the fins came out.

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Richardphotos

6:15PM | Mon, 13 February 2006

awesome display of colors and capture. the info rocks also

logiloglu

6:57PM | Mon, 13 February 2006

a wonderful fish, i like the colours. an excellent photography #:O)

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luckyred

9:27PM | Mon, 13 February 2006

Very interesting history. As a child my father built a pond with a fountain and it was filled with the "fancy goldfish" so I really enjoyed this! Thanks! ~hugs~

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