Blushing Goldfish...

Is there a color variety of Goldfish known as a Blusher? I ask as my lfs has several young Fancytail Goldfish who have transparent gill plates giving them the appearance of blushing (like a blushing Angelfish). They're very pretty looking and I'm greatly considering picking one up as I've never seen such a color in Goldfish before.

No its not something ive heard of. Maybe its just got pale gills and the lfs has seen an opportunity to sell a supposed rare fish. Can you remember the body colour? Was it calico? Calicos can get a blush to their gills but its not a rare type so dont pay more than a normal fish.

dunno about that. i read something about someone on aquabid trying to sell some special koi that had no gill plates..... its clearly just abit of a ploy in that case

Yes. No gills is a genetic defect and the fish shouldnt be bought at a higher price. The gill covers are there to protect the delicate tissue inside. With no plate theya re more open to infection and another fish biting.

black angel said:

Yes. No gills is a genetic defect and the fish shouldnt be bought at a higher price. The gill covers are there to protect the delicate tissue inside. With no plate theya re more open to infection and another fish biting.

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These fish all have full gill plates. The gill plate is just transparent like that of a blushing angelfish. Let me see if my camera has enough charge to get a picture. I went ahead and bought one of them. She's white with a bit of muted black along with blushing cheeks. I wouldn't call her Calico however. For reference, she was not priced any higher than any other fancy goldfish.

Please ignore the cloudy water. I just did a water change a few minutes ago and the sand got all stirred up. I'll try to get some clearer pics once it settles.

It is a calico fantail. Its very common for them to have pink gill covers as there isnt much pigment to cover the red of the internal gill.
Pretty fish though, i love calico fish.

The no gill cover was in answer to another poster