Fish identification?
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goldfish do sometimes never turn colors, if they have been breeding for a few generations a lot may go back into their more natural coloration.
Agree, looks like a goldfish. They can change colors even as they get older. I have some similarly colored in my pond, with black on the back and gold colored on the belly/sides, sometimes the fish slowly changes to all gold over the years.
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Look at the gills, it’s going orange there. Goldfish.
I have a goldfish that is about 7 to 8 inches. He has been in the pond for 3 years and was black the entire time - up until last summer, when he started changing color. He is still kind of tortoise shell patterned black and orange. I'm guessing by summer, he will be fully orange.
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Idk but I have a few of the same koi-
not goldfish.my pond is only stocked with koi..and I've raised mine from eggs.two were a darker color like that and I have a few that are more golden and one almost yellow..i think they are just muddy looking koi maybe from random breeding? I had a few turn out really pretty but quite a few like this as well..im pretty sure hes hard to see here but hes in the upper middle area of the picture.i got rid of most of my others