![]() ![]() This means that it is darn adorable with its chubby look and wobbly swimming style. Telescope goldfish has a rounded egg-shaped body. So you may want to reconsider putting things with sharp edges in your tank. □ What you need to worry about though… is whether this breed of goldfish is able to compete for food with their bad eyesight.īesides that, the eyes are also fragile and can easily be hurt. So no worries about Telescope goldfish looking and scrutinizing you. “The better to see you with, my dear.” part of the dialog doesn’t apply here. You would think with such big eyes, the Telescope goldfish will have very good vision, right? …WRONG!!! The fact is, this breed has very bad vision. When a telescope goldfish looks at you, you feel as if they are scrutinizing you up and down, left and right. The sockets look like 2 huge domes or globes which the large eyes sit in. Well, the protruding eyes are definitely the distinctive characteristic about Telescope goldfish. This goldfish which looks as if it is wearing a badass biker’s goggles is known as Telescope goldfish. In the early 1700s, a new goldfish breed with protruding eyes was born in China. Since then, more and more selective breeding were done to enhance specific characteristics, creating a lot of goldfish breeds that we are familiar with. This new breed of fish is the common goldfish. Long long time ago, the dull Prussian carps were selectively bred to create a new breed of fish with more interesting coloring on the body. Yes, the eyes on this breed of goldfish are definitely the highlight, but there are more about Telescope goldfish than… well, meets the eye. I am sorry if this doesn’t make sense to you but I get reminded of it every time I see or think about Telescope goldfish. ![]() “G randmother, oh, what big eyes you have,”ĭo you remember this dialog? If not, a little hint – It is something that you probably had come across during your childhood… rings a bell?Īnyway, this dialog is from the story of Little Red Riding Hood. ![]()
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