Japanese firm succeeds in breeding 'golden' goldfish

NARA, Japan - Photo shows ''golden'' goldfish, bred for the first time ever by a carp-raising firm in Yamato-Koriyama, Nara Prefecture, after 15 years of cross-fertilization through artificial insemination. The company president, Shigeharu Nakano, said he crossed a breed of goldfish with more than 30 kinds of carp to create a goldfish several years ago which has similar coloring to the gold color of carp.

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