Lion-headed goldfish (scientific name: The lion head goldfish, alias: Big Head Goldfish) is a teleost of Chordata. Its body is short and strong, the sarcoma on the top of its head is thick and convex, and it looks like a square strawberry on the front, with its eyes and mouth trapped in the meat and dorsal fins on its back.

The lion-headed goldfish is short and strong, with a thick bulge of sarcoma on its head and sarcoma on its gill cover. On the front, it is square and strawberry-shaped. Especially developed, it is wrapped from the top of the head to the cheeks, and the eyes and mouth are trapped in the meat, which resembles a majestic lion and has a strong aesthetic feeling, hence the name "lion head". This kind of sarcoma is pathological, but it is hereditary. Its development degree is related to the quality and quantity of bait, water quality and water temperature, and it is also difficult to raise.

The most unique feature is that the head tumor of the lion-headed goldfish is very developed, the sarcoma extends to the gill cover, the eyes and mouth are trapped in sarcoma, and there are dorsal fins on the back, which gives people the feeling of a majestic lion, so this goldfish is called the lion-headed goldfish.

Species classification

There are two kinds of lionfish in the market: the national lion and the Thai lion. The national lion is a lionfish bred in China, and the Thai lion is a new strain formed by the improvement of Thailand after the lionfish was introduced into Thailand. Its appearance is different from that of the national lion, and its price is also different from that of the national lion. Lion head goldfish have red lion head, blue lion head, purple robe lion head with vermilion head, black and white lion head, red lion head with five flowers, jade lion head and so on.