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Goldfish scooping competition

Contestants attempt to scoop goldfish using "poi" paper scoops at the 30th national goldfish scooping competition in Yamatokoriyama in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 24, 2025.

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Art aquarium in Tokyo

Art Aquarium Museum Ginza holds an exhibition in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on May 31, 2025, featuring over 3,000 goldfish of about 70 varieties swimming in illuminated water tanks surrounded by wisterias and hydrangeas.

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Art aquarium in Tokyo

Art Aquarium Museum Ginza holds an exhibition in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on May 31, 2025, featuring over 3,000 goldfish of about 70 varieties swimming in illuminated water tanks surrounded by wisterias and hydrangeas.

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Art aquarium in Tokyo

Art Aquarium Museum Ginza holds an exhibition in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on May 31, 2025, featuring over 3,000 goldfish of about 70 varieties swimming in illuminated water tanks surrounded by wisterias and hydrangeas.

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Art aquarium in Tokyo

Art Aquarium Museum Ginza holds an exhibition in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on May 31, 2025, featuring over 3,000 goldfish of about 70 varieties swimming in illuminated water tanks surrounded by wisterias and hydrangeas.

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Art aquarium in Tokyo

Art Aquarium Museum Ginza holds an exhibition in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on May 31, 2025, featuring over 3,000 goldfish of about 70 varieties swimming in illuminated water tanks surrounded by wisterias and hydrangeas.

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Goldfish festival in Tokyo

Goldfish swim in water tanks during a goldfish festival at Art Aquarium Museum Ginza in Tokyo on July 13, 2024. About 150 fish tanks containing a total of 5,000 goldfish are on display at the special summer event that runs through Sept. 25.

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Goldfish festival in Tokyo

Goldfish swim in a water tank during a goldfish festival at Art Aquarium Museum Ginza in Tokyo on July 13, 2024. About 150 fish tanks containing a total of 5,000 goldfish are on display at the special summer event that runs through Sept. 25.

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Goldfish festival in Tokyo

Goldfish swim in a water tank during a goldfish festival at Art Aquarium Museum Ginza in Tokyo on July 13, 2024. About 150 fish tanks containing a total of 5,000 goldfish are on display at the special summer event that runs through Sept. 25.

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240601) -- BEIJING, June 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on May 31, 2024 shows the winner of a goldfish competition displayed during 2024 China (Fuzhou) International Seafood & Fisheries Expo in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Lin Shanchuan)

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240601) -- BEIJING, June 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 31, 2024 shows the winner of a goldfish competition displayed during 2024 China (Fuzhou) International Seafood & Fisheries Expo in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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Newroz Celebration - Iran

Goldfish await purchase during the preparations for the approaching Persian New Year, Nowruz, at the Tehran's Grand Bazaar on March 17, 2024. Nowruz, which translates to 'new day' in Persian, is a New Year celebration that marks its beginning with the spring equinox and symbolizes the concept of rebirth. It has been observed for 3,000 years in different regions across the Middle East, Asia, and Eastern Europe. Photo by Khoshiran/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Newroz Celebration - Iran

A Goldfish lies on the ground in a fish seller shop that sells decoration fish during the preparations for the approaching Persian New Year, Nowruz, at the Tehran's Grand Bazaar on March 17, 2024. Nowruz, which translates to 'new day' in Persian, is a New Year celebration that marks its beginning with the spring equinox and symbolizes the concept of rebirth. It has been observed for 3,000 years in different regions across the Middle East, Asia, and Eastern Europe. Photo by Khoshiran/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Newroz Celebration - Iran

A cat eats from a pile the Goldfish that await purchase during the preparations for the approaching Persian New Year, Nowruz, at the Tehran's Grand Bazaar on March 17, 2024. Nowruz, which translates to 'new day' in Persian, is a New Year celebration that marks its beginning with the spring equinox and symbolizes the concept of rebirth. It has been observed for 3,000 years in different regions across the Middle East, Asia, and Eastern Europe. Photo by Khoshiran/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU-GOLDFISH-BREEDING (CN)

(240314) -- FUZHOU, March 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 14, 2024 shows a breeding area of goldfish in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. In recent years, Fuzhou, a city with more than 400 years of goldfish breeding history, has developed an intensive, professional and ecological breeding mode. In 2022, Fuzhou's goldfish breading area reached nearly 2,500 mu (about 166.7 hectares), and has over 100 breeding enterprises, with an annual output of over 15 million fine goldfish and the output value of over 1 billion yuan (about 139 million U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU-GOLDFISH-BREEDING (CN)

(240314) -- FUZHOU, March 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Customs officers check goldfish to be exported in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, March 14, 2024. In recent years, Fuzhou, a city with more than 400 years of goldfish breeding history, has developed an intensive, professional and ecological breeding mode. In 2022, Fuzhou's goldfish breading area reached nearly 2,500 mu (about 166.7 hectares), and has over 100 breeding enterprises, with an annual output of over 15 million fine goldfish and the output value of over 1 billion yuan (about 139 million U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU-GOLDFISH-BREEDING (CN)

(240314) -- FUZHOU, March 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 14, 2024 shows goldfish exhibited in an aquarium in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. In recent years, Fuzhou, a city with more than 400 years of goldfish breeding history, has developed an intensive, professional and ecological breeding mode. In 2022, Fuzhou's goldfish breading area reached nearly 2,500 mu (about 166.7 hectares), and has over 100 breeding enterprises, with an annual output of over 15 million fine goldfish and the output value of over 1 billion yuan (about 139 million U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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Aftermath of January 2 Russian missile attack in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 3, 2024 - A man carries a bucket with goldfish rescued from an apartment building in the Solomianskyi district destroyed in the Russian missile attack on Tuesday, January 2, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Aftermath of January 2 Russian missile attack in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 3, 2024 - A man carries a bucket with goldfish rescued from an apartment building in the Solomianskyi district destroyed in the Russian missile attack on Tuesday, January 2, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Aftermath of January 2 Russian missile attack in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 3, 2024 - A man carries a bucket with goldfish rescued from an apartment building in the Solomianskyi district destroyed in the Russian missile attack on Tuesday, January 2, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Aftermath of January 2 Russian missile attack in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 3, 2024 - A man carries a bucket with goldfish rescued from an apartment building in the Solomianskyi district destroyed in the Russian missile attack on Tuesday, January 2, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Goldfish

Goldfish swim in a tank at a zoo operated by the Edogawa Environment Foundation in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2023.

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"Water" fan manufacturing in central Japan

Photo taken on May 26, 2023, at a workshop in Gifu, central Japan, shows "water" fans, a variation of the traditional Japanese fan with a water-like appearance created by varnishing their surface and with drawings representing summer-related motifs like goldfish and morning-glory flowers.

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"Water" fan manufacturing in central Japan

Photo taken on May 26, 2023, at a workshop in Gifu, central Japan, shows "water" fans, a variation of the traditional Japanese fan with a water-like appearance created by varnishing their surface and with drawings representing summer-related motifs like goldfish and morning-glory flowers.

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Iranians prepare for Iranian New Year

STORY: Iranians prepare for Iranian New Year DATELINE: March 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:10 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iranians preparing for Nowruz festival STORYLINE: As Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, is approaching, Iranian people have started to prepare for the celebrations of the Nowruz festival. Nowruz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in the Iranian calendar. One of the festival's characteristics is a goldfish bowl as the symbol of life and good luck. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tehran. (XHTV)

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Artistic fishbowl exhibition at Kyoto castle

KYOTO, Japan - Some 1,000 goldfish swim in a large fishbowl lit up in the seven rainbow colors at the World Heritage site of Nijo Castle in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 23, 2014, on the eve of an art exhibition of some 80 aquariums containing about 5,000 fish.

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Goldfish scooping competition in Nara Pref.

NARA, Japan - Participants try to catch goldfish using a thin paper scoop in the 20th Japan goldfish scooping competition held in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, known for its goldfish cultivation, on Aug. 23, 2014.

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Goldfish in bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Some 20 children invited from Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, view about 1,000 goldfish in a large goldfish bowl at the Art Aquarium exhibition in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Aug. 18, 2012.

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'Loach' aphorism mentioned by Noda

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhito Aida, the son of popular aphorist Mitsuo Aida and director of the Mitsuo Aida Museum, holds a copy of his late father's book ''Okagesan'' in Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2011. Aida shows a page on which is written the aphorism ''A loach does not have to emulate a goldfish,'' cited by Japan's incoming Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. Noda compared himself to the loach, an unspectacular bottom-dwelling fish.

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Goldfish with heart-shaped tail fin

IWAKI, Japan - Goldfish with heart-shaped tail fins are displayed at Aquamarine Fukushima aquarium in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 23, 2010. The new goldfish named Sakura Bristol is a hybrid of the Bristol Shubunkin goldfish bred in Britain and Tamasaba goldfish bred in Niigata Prefecture in Japan.

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Japan to issue new stamps marking 30th year of ties with China

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows two kinds of 80-yen stamps to be issued by the Japanese government on Sept. 13 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the normalization of bilateral diplomatic ties. The left one features wisteria growing naturally in both Japan and China, and the right one features goldfish and 30 cherry blossoms.

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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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Seasonal goldfish shipments at peak

YATOMI, Japan - Seasonal goldfish shipments reach their peak just before the end of the rainy season in Yatomi, the nation's biggest goldfish breeding site in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Photo shows a mosaic of boxes of goldfish in a pond at an auction market in Yatomi.

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Goldfish playing "soccer"

STORY: Goldfish playing "soccer" DATELINE: Sept. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:35 LOCATION: JIEYANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of goldfish "playing football" STORYLINE: A man in China's Guangdong Province "trained" his goldfish to "play football" in his self-made fish tank with an underwater mini-field. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jieyang, China. (XHTV)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-ZOO-REOPENING (CN)

(220602) -- SHANGHAI, June 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visitors view goldfish at the Shanghai Zoo in east China's Shanghai, June 2, 2022. The Shanghai Zoo reopened to welcome tourists on Thursday. (Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong)

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Japan to issue new stamps marking 30th year of ties with China

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows two kinds of 80-yen stamps to be issued by the Japanese government on Sept. 13 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the normalization of bilateral diplomatic ties. The left one features wisteria growing naturally in both Japan and China, and the right one features goldfish and 30 cherry blossoms. (Kyodo)

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How To Lose Friends & ... (2008)

Simon Pegg & Kirsten Dunst Characters: Sidney Young & Alison Olsen Film: How To Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) Director: Robert B. Weide 03 October 2008 Date: 03 October 2008

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Memory; Mem-O-Re (2006)

Billy Zane & Ann-Margret Characters: Taylor Briggs & Carol Hargrave Film: Memory; Mem-O-Re (2006) Director: Bennett Davlin 27 December 2006 Memory: Tricia Helfer and Billy Zane Date: 27 December 2006

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Dark Blue Almost Black (2006)

Raul Arevalo Characters: Israel Film: Dark Blue Almost Black; Azuloscurocasinegro; Darkbluealmostblack (2006) Director: Daniel Sanchez Arevalo 24 March 2006 Date: 24 March 2006

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Aquamarine (2006)

Jojo Film: Aquamarine (2006) Director: John Moore 03 March 2006 AQUAMARINE Please contact the Twentieth Century Fox press office for further information. Date: 03 March 2006

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Aquamarine (2006)

Jojo Film: Aquamarine (2006) Director: John Moore 03 March 2006 AQUAMARINE Please contact the Twentieth Century Fox press office for further information. Date: 03 March 2006

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Aquamarine (2006)

Jojo Film: Aquamarine (2006) Director: John Moore 03 March 2006 AQUAMARINE Please contact the Twentieth Century Fox press office for further information. Date: 03 March 2006

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Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (2002)

Goldfish & Mr. Bean Television: Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (2002) 25 January 2002 Date: 25 January 2002

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Eulogy (2004)

Film Poster Film: Eulogy (USA/UK/DE 2004) Director: Michael Clancy 24 August 2004 Date: 24 August 2004

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A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Michael Palin Characters: Ken Pile Film: A Fish Called Wanda (USA/UK 1988) Director: Charles Crichton 07 July 1988 Date: 07 July 1988

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Love In A Goldfish Bowl - film (1961)

Elizabeth Macrae & Tommy Sands Characters: Jackie & Gordon Slide Film: Love In A Goldfish Bowl (1962) Director: Jack Sher 12 July 1961 Date: 12-Jul-61

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Love In A Goldfish Bowl - film (1961)

Jan Sterling, Tommy Sands & Fabian Characters: Sandra Slide,Gordon Slide & Guiseppi La Barba Film: Love In A Goldfish Bowl (1961) Director: Jack Sher 12 July 1961 Date: 12-Jul-61

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Barbarella - film (1968)

Jane Fonda Characters: Barbarella Film: Barbarella (FR/IT 1968) Director: Roger Vadim 10 October 1968 Date: 10-Oct-68

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SEXTON BLAKE

SEXTON BLAKE THE CASE OF THE GASPING GOLDFISH : EPISODE 1 : TINKER GETS A BITE ROGER FOSS as Tinker, WENDY HALL as Miranda, LAURENCE PAYNE as Sexton Blake Date: 1971

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Art Aquarium exhibition to open in Tokyo

Visitors wearing "yukata" summer kimonos view goldfish as the Art Aquarium exhibition is opened to the press at Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall in Tokyo on July 7, 2016. The exhibition, featuring around 8,000 goldfish in tanks themed on Japan's Edo Period, will run from July 8 through Sept. 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo