Pond Goldfish
Shubunkin
Key facts
- Temperature4–28 °C
- Adult size30 cm
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Body
- Elongated, comet-like
- Tail
- Simple
- Size
- 20 – 30 cm
- Colors
- Calico — blue, red, orange, black, and white mixed in a unique pattern. Blue is the most difficult color to achieve and the most highly valued.
- Temperature
- 4 – 28°C
- Varieties
- London Shubunkin: short tail, calico pattern
- Bristol Shubunkin: long, fan-shaped tail
- American Shubunkin: highly forked tail Notes: The only truly blue goldfish (although the blue color is genetically unstable). Very hardy.
