Goldfish are timeless classics. The number of different sports and colours seems to be neverending. Basicly all goldfish belong to the very same species, eg Carassius auratus. So every single sport is a mere variety and all the different goldfish can be crossed with each other. Most of the varieties that exist nowadays have a deep, short body. Most of them are known as „fantails“ in the hobby. These goldfish often die during winter in garden ponds in Central Europe. Their gut has a different form compared with the gut of a wild-type goldfish. So very often some food remains in the gut during winter and this leads to death in the end.
Among the „normal“ bodied goldfish varieties the Wakin is one of the most attractive for ponds. Wakin are defined as „normal“ goldfish with doubled caudal fin. They survive problem free the winter and grow to a relative big size (20-25 cm). The chinese name for the red-white Wakin is Hua he jin, whereas the Japanese name for red-white goldfisch is in general Sarasa. It is very likely that the original name „Hua he jin“ became what is nowadays „Hoe Kim“. In South East Asia, this highly attractive red-white Wakin is bred and sold as Hoe Kim.
For our customers: the fish has code 808703 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply to the wholesale market.
By the way: all goldfish and varieties are depicted and explained in the unique AQUALOG „all goldfish and varieties“. Please click here for further informations.
Text & Photos: Frank Schäfer
