Today we will talk about a "green leaf" in the goldfish family, that is, pompoms! Also known as hydrangeas.
Speaking of this pompom, when I was a child (I was after 80), I really didn't see much, the first time I saw it was in Zhang Keqing's photo album "Chinese Goldfish", and when I first saw the photo, I was quite surprised. I just know that goldfish have eye beads mutated, eyelid mutated, head melon seeds mutated, tail mutated, and for the first time I saw the top two "double buns" on the top of the head. In fact, this is the spherical diaphragm fold caused by the abnormal development of the nasal septum of the goldfish, which generally grows a pair or two pairs of such balls.
The history of pompoms can be traced back to the end of the Qing Dynasty, in 1904, the famous owner of Zhengbaiqi - the old man of Humble Garden (real name Rongting) wrote a book called "Fish and Insects Yaji", which first recorded the species: egg fish have tiger head fish, pompom fish, all heterogeneous also. From this point of view, the popular pompom goldfish at that time was still a kind of egg goldfish (that is, there was no dorsal fin), which is what we commonly called "egg ball", not the kind of pompom we are talking about today.
So when did the pompom appear? In the end I didn't find out... However, it can be known that in the T38 goldfish stamp issued by China in 1960, the first one was a pompom.
Cheek pompoms, that is, cheeks turned outward, were extremely popular during the Republic of China period, but with the change of aesthetic consciousness, it is now rare.
Although this variety of pompom is not as famous as lion's head, dragon's eye, lanshou, blisters, pearls and other varieties, its genes are very strong! That is to say, its genetic traits are very stable, and which goldfish is shy, and the children born can retain its pompom characteristics! Taking advantage of this strong advantage, since 1925, China has bred many new species of pompom X other goldfish. Like what:
Pompom X Dragon Eye = Dragon Eye Ball
Pompom X Lion's Head = Lion's Head Ball
Pompom X Tiger Head = High Head Ball
Pompom X Sky Looking At The Sky = Looking at the Sky Ball...
Among these new hybrid varieties, the sky ball and the high head ball are more famous.
Nowadays, most of the common pompoms we commonly use are wen species pompoms (of course, egg pompoms can also be seen on the market), probably because after having the dorsal fin, you can look sideways or upwards. After all, the two lumps of meat on the nose are so big, and adding a dorsal fin might sell better (I personally feel). In Japan, after the pompom was passed down, it was renamed Hanaba, and it is still divided into two types: dorsal fin and no dorsal fin. It seems that the aesthetics of the people of the world are not too different.
All right! That's a lot to say, here's the picture book time! Because the dragon species goldfish and egg species goldfish we have not yet drawn, so for the time being, we have not drawn these two major types of goldfish and pompom hybrid varieties, today's main is the ordinary wen species pompom and high head ball! Hope you enjoy!
-Wenqiu-
The red ball is divided into different combinations such as long tail, short tail, double ball, and four balls, and it is said that the most popular is the long tail four balls. But this is also a matter of benevolence and wisdom. It is generally believed that Wenqiu is not recommended to be mixed with varieties such as pearls, lanshou, and blisters, because they have strong swimming ability and fast food grabbing skills, which are relatively strong species.
Purple balls are a popular category of goldfish, especially purple balls with purple red and pompoms on the top of the head, so they are also known as vermilion purple pompoms.
Red and black balls, we have also talked before, the so-called red and black goldfish, in fact, is a middle process of black goldfish fading into red goldfish, although this color system can not be stable for a long time, but it can not stand it is really liked ah (especially myself). The same is true for the red and black balls, but in the process of fading, the pompoms first become red, and the body is half black and half red, and the state at this time can be called the most popular. It is said that the way to delay fading is to try not to raise the water temperature too high.
Red and white literary ball, one of the more precious colors in the literary ball goldfish, pays attention to the beauty of the double ball, and the color of the ball is half red and half white. Personally, I think that this kind of aesthetic should be more or less influenced by Japanese goldfish and Japanese koi.
It is difficult to imagine what kind of goldfish does not have the variety of five flowers. In fact, I really don't like to draw goldfish (because it is too troublesome), but I can't stand the number of people I like, and it is really everywhere. However, it is said that the five-flower literary ball is still relatively rare, mainly produced in Yangzhou, Anhui and other places.
-High Headers-
The red high-headed ball, the birth of a new breed, often the first color system is red, which is no suspense. The so-called high-headed ball is a breed cultivated by Chinese breeders in the 1950s, because the goldfish is like a hat on the head, so it is also called a hat ball. Although this species has the word "high head", it actually has little to do with the tall goldfish we talked about before (such as the crane top red), but is a hybrid of the egg species of tiger head goldfish and the Wen species pompom goldfish. It belongs to the goldfish that is more ornamental but relatively unpopular.
Red and white high-head ball, belongs to a more popular variety of high-headed ball, it is said that the most excellent is the body red and white, the pompom on the head is red and white, is a rare and rare product.
Five-flower high-headed ball, even if it is such an unpopular variety, there is no lack of five flowers... However, it is said to be very rare, after all, the high-headed ball itself is relatively rare.
The last convention is the big group photo time!!!
Originally I really wanted to be lazy and only draw a side picture, but I was afraid that everyone would not understand how this pompom was long, so I added a top view ~ ~ After all, I am a man who is a virgin of the sun twins, obsessive-compulsive disorder in obsessive-compulsive disorder...
Side view
Top view
Finally, I would like to talk to you about a little bit of breeding, that is, once the "ball" on the nose of the pompom goldfish falls (such as rubbing, being eaten by other fish, etc.), it will never grow again. Therefore, although such fish are easy to raise, they still need to make a certain effort to raise them well.
Author: Li Moqian