goldfish anatomy?

1) What is the "plimsoll line" that I can see running down the side of
my common and the comet? a line of little dots down the scales, very
regular, running from the top of the gill to the middle of the tail?
(Not visible on the calico.)

2) Having read _far_ too much about goldfish diseases and symptoms, can
someone confirm that it is usual to be able to see very small
"capillaries" in the tail of a sarassa comet? the tail is almost
transparent, and I'm assuming it must need a blood supply - it's living
tissue, after all. these have been visible since I got the fish
(february).

the more you learn, the more you want to know!

thank you very much to anyone who can help.
--
sophie

In article , sophie-
says...

1) What is the "plimsoll line" that I can see running down the side of
my common and the comet? a line of little dots down the scales, very
regular, running from the top of the gill to the middle of the tail?
(Not visible on the calico.)

I assume you mean the lateral line. (Don't know what "plimsoll"
means....same as "plimsoul" ? If so, I'm still confused....)
I don't know what the lateral line does, if anything, but it's
there on all my goldfish. I suspect it's of use only to someone
using it to locate other anatomical structures.


2) Having read _far_ too much about goldfish diseases and symptoms, can
someone confirm that it is usual to be able to see very small
"capillaries" in the tail of a sarassa comet? the tail is almost
transparent, and I'm assuming it must need a blood supply - it's living
tissue, after all. these have been visible since I got the fish
(february).

I can detect them in all my goldfish except the Moor, which doesn't
surprise me.


the more you learn, the more you want to know!

There's lots to know.

Gunther


thank you very much to anyone who can help.

lateral line. hearing of the pressure kind for the most part. altho moot cause sound
in water are pressure waves just as it is in the air.
yes, fine blood vessels are seen in finnage, sometimes they engorge in bad water adn
never do recede properly.. sorta fishy equivalent of busted blood vessels in nose of
chronic alcoholics. Ingrid

sophie wrote:


1) What is the "plimsoll line" that I can see running down the side of
my common and the comet? a line of little dots down the scales, very
regular, running from the top of the gill to the middle of the tail?
(Not visible on the calico.)

2) Having read _far_ too much about goldfish diseases and symptoms, can
someone confirm that it is usual to be able to see very small
"capillaries" in the tail of a sarassa comet? the tail is almost
transparent, and I'm assuming it must need a blood supply - it's living
tissue, after all. these have been visible since I got the fish
(february).

the more you learn, the more you want to know!

thank you very much to anyone who can help.



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Lateral line is a sensory device that detects pressure changes in the water
they use this to detect if predators are near by.

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lateral line. hearing of the pressure kind for the most part. altho
moot cause sound
in water are pressure waves just as it is in the air.
yes, fine blood vessels are seen in finnage, sometimes they engorge in
bad water adn
never do recede properly.. sorta fishy equivalent of busted blood
vessels in nose of
chronic alcoholics.


eeeuw. that really isn't a good image. (but thank you for the info, it's
appreciated)

Ingrid

sophie wrote:


1) What is the "plimsoll line" that I can see running down the side of
my common and the comet? a line of little dots down the scales, very
regular, running from the top of the gill to the middle of the tail?
(Not visible on the calico.)

2) Having read _far_ too much about goldfish diseases and symptoms, can
someone confirm that it is usual to be able to see very small
"capillaries" in the tail of a sarassa comet? the tail is almost
transparent, and I'm assuming it must need a blood supply - it's living
tissue, after all. these have been visible since I got the fish
(february).

the more you learn, the more you want to know!

thank you very much to anyone who can help.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

--
sophie

In message , Geezer From The Freezer
writes

Lateral line is a sensory device that detects pressure changes in the water
they use this to detect if predators are near by.

thank you!

next: why are the silver fish's face and gills going pale gold? and why
does the fantail have different gill coverings (I'm sure that isn't a
technical term) to the others? (they seem to have an extra couple of mm
of very thin "frill").

Curiosity killed the cat. I hope it's not too irritating for everyone
else.
--
sophie

gf just change color.. usually they get paler. altho sudden all over paleness can be
due to being put in light colored surroundings, or stress. Ingrid

sophie wrote:

In message , Geezer From The Freezer
writes

Lateral line is a sensory device that detects pressure changes in the water
they use this to detect if predators are near by.

thank you!

next: why are the silver fish's face and gills going pale gold? and why
does the fantail have different gill coverings (I'm sure that isn't a
technical term) to the others? (they seem to have an extra couple of mm
of very thin "frill").

Curiosity killed the cat. I hope it's not too irritating for everyone
else.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.