Pompom goldfish
Country of origin
China and Japan
Type
Fantailed
Breed standards
BAS

Pompoms or pompon or hana fusa are a type of fancy goldfish

Goldfish

The goldfish is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes. It was one of the earliest fish to be domesticated, and is one of the most commonly kept aquarium fish....

 that have bundles of loose fleshy outgrowths between the nostrils, on each side of the head.

Description

The pompom has a similar body shape and finnage to the lionhead

Lionhead

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 but instead of supporting a headgrowth it has nasal outgrowths. The extent of the nasal outgrowths, which are enlargements of the nasal septum, vary in pompom goldfish. In some, the outgrowths hang down past the mouth. These skin outgrowths around the nostrils of pompoms are developed through selective breeding. Pompoms may have either metallic or nacreous scalation, and can occur with or without a dors
al fin. It will be best if these fishes are engaged with the same variety or other dorsal fin less fishes.
The Chinese submit this variety as the "Velvet ball". There are records for the existence of this fish being seen as far back as 1898. The first importation of these fish into the United Kingdom was in 1936 when the original fish were exported from Shanghai and others were displayed at an aquarium in Paris. It was quite popular in the early days of the fancy goldfish, but now is very rarely seen for sale or on the display.

Variants

The hana fusa or white pompom oranda

Oranda

An oranda is a type of goldfish characterized by a prominent raspberry-like hood encasing its head. The hood or headgrowth encases the whole head except for the eyes and mouth.-Description:...

is an elegant pompom with a dorsal fin.