Japanese Tosakin 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="../goldfish.htm" target="_top">Back to Goldfish</a> |<br> </p> <h2 align="center">TOSAKIN</h2> <p>This fish has an undivided double tail, with the tail splayed sideways and forwards. It was developed in Japan from the ryukin, and is uncommon outside Japan. <p>Tosakins were bred for viewing from above, and much of the effect of the spectacular tail is lost when viewed from the side. This is the only recognized goldfish variety with an undivided double tail: the two layers of the tail are split apart and grow separately from each other but are joined along the top edge (although, in that the tail is splayed sideways, it no longer appears to have a conventional top edge). See <a href="../info/info.htm" target="_top">Background Information</a> for an explanation of goldfish finnage.</p> <h3> <a name="std">THE STANDARD</a></h3> <p>There is as yet no British standard for the tosakin; any viewer knowing of a standard with line drawings is invited to <a href="../../about/enquiry1.htm" target="_top">contact</a> the Website Author.</p> <p>The body and finnage are as in the Fantail, apart, of course, from the tail. Tosakins are probably all of metallic rather than calico colouration.</p> <h3><a name="pho">THE FISH</a></h3> <h4>Red and red-white fish</h4> <table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><img src="tosakin_2005-1a.jpg" alt="tosakin, top view" width="235" height="200" border="0"></td> <td><img src="tosakin_2005-1b.jpg" alt="tosakin, top view" width="235" height="200" border="0"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="tosakin_2005-1c.jpg" alt="tosakin, left view" width="235" height="180" border="0"></td> <td><img src="tosakin_2005-1d.jpg" alt="tosakin, front-right view" width="235" height="180" border="0"></td> </tr> </table> <p>Young adult red-white variegated tosakin, shown at GSGB 2005.</p> <h4>Red fish </h4> <table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><img src="tosakin_2005-2a.jpg" alt="tosakin, top view" width="235" height="200" border="0"></td> <td><img src="tosakin_2005-2b.jpg" alt="tosakin, top view" width="235" height="200" border="0"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="tosakin_2005-2c.jpg" alt="tosakin, front-left view" width="235" height="180" border="0"></td> <td><img src="tosakin_2005-2d.jpg" alt="tosakin, front view" width="235" height="180" border="0"></td> </tr> </table> <p>Young adult red tosakin, shown at GSGB 2005.</p> <p align="center">[<a href="../goldfish.htm" target="_top">Back</a>]    [<a href="#top">Top</a>]<br> © Bristol Aquarists' Society<br>  </p> </body>