Pompom (gold fish)
Description:
The pompom encompasses a similar body form and finnage to the lionhead or Oranda however rather than supporting a headgrowth it\'s nasal outgrowths. The extent of the nasal outgrowths, that ar enlargements of the septum, vary in pompom cyprinid fish. In some, the outgrowths suspend down past the mouth. These skin outgrowths round the nostrils of pompoms ar developed through selective breeding. Pompoms could have either bimetal or be best if the lionhead style of these fishes ar engaged with constant selection or alternative fin less fishes.
The Chinese submit this selection because the \"Velvet ball\". There ar records for the existence of this fish being seen as way back as 1898. the primary importation of those fish into the uk was in 1936 once the first fish were exported from Shanghai et al. were displayed at associate the period of time of the flamboyant cyprinid fish, however is currently terribly seldom seen available or on show.
