Goldfish Varieties and Genetics - Smartt, Joseph (Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UK)

Goldfish Varieties and Genetics: A handbook for breeders Joseph Smartt The goldfish, Carassius auratus, a member of the Carp family, Cyprinidae, has been domesticated for many hundreds of years, as a food fish, a laboratory animal and now most important commercially, for ornamental and aesthetic purposes.