{{Italic title}} {{short description|Japanese goldfish variety}} {{Infobox goldfish breed | name = ''Jikin'' | image = 弥富金魚ジキン.jpg | caption = ''Jikin'' goldfish in a tank | country = Japan | type = Streamlined/Intermediate | aga = | bas = http://www.bristol-aquarists.org.uk/goldfish/jikin/jikin.htm }}
The '''''jikin''''' (地金), also known as the '''peacock tail goldfish''', is a breed of ''wakin''-like goldfish developed in Japan.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://thegoldfishcouncil.org/2016/09/jikin/| title=Jikin| website=Thegoldfishcouncil.org| date=2016-09-03| access-date=2018-09-17| archive-date=2018-11-13| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113043228/https://thegoldfishcouncil.org/2016/09/jikin/| url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Description== ''Jikin'' have a similar body shape as a ''wakin'' or a ''ryukin'', but with a compressed, wide-angled tail that looks like the letter X when viewed from behind.
In addition other ubiquitous color variations (from red, white, and orange), ''jikin'' also have a desired pattern called ''rokurin'', or 'Twelve Points of Red' (TPoR). ''Rokurin'' is a type of pattern commonly displayed in ''jikin'' because in Japan, the fish are often applied in the process by scraping off the red areas of the scales and face of young individuals. This practice is not used elsewhere. ''Jikin'' offspring may produce TPoR naturally to reduce that practice.<ref name="raingarden.us">{{cite web|title=Understanding Color in Goldfish Article|url=http://www.raingarden.us/color.htm|accessdate=12 November 2018|website=Raingarden.us|archive-date=8 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108143648/http://www.raingarden.us/color.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The ''rokurin'' pattern has red point/s displayed at the following parts:
* Lip * Caudal fin (pair) * Dorsal fin * Pelvic fins (pair) * Pectoral fins (pair) * Anal fins (pair) * Gill covers, or operculum (pair)
Aside from the red coloration, most of the jikin's body is white.
Jikin may also be called ''<nowiki/>'rokurin'''.
==Availability== Jikins are rarely found outside Japan, and are more expensive than the fairly common wakin.<ref name="samurai-goldfish.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.samurai-goldfish.net/kingyocatalog/jikin.html|title=Jikin -Japanese Goldfish Catalog-|website=Samurai-goldfish.net|accessdate=12 November 2018}}</ref>
==History== The jikin was bred from the wakin during the Muromachi era. The tail spread apart and the body became slightly shorter. There was an old inscription regarding the creation of the pattern of this goldfish (by adding plum oil, or removing the scales with a small spatula), now refers to as the points of red.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chan |first1=Shih-hsien |title=金魚快訊部落格Goldfish message blog: 東海錦(とうかいにしき/Tokai nishiki) |url=http://goldfishmessage.blogspot.com/2017/05/tokai-nishiki.html?m=1 |website=金魚快訊部落格Goldfish message blog |date=15 May 2017}}</ref>
==Other breeds== Jikins are rarely crossbred. The jikin breeds are: * The '''{{Nihongo|Kumanomi goldfish|クマノミ金魚|Kumanomi kingyo}}''', also called the anemonefish goldfish, is an exquisite breed of goldfish only located in Japan. Its origins are less known due to its circumstances being unrecognized, but it is assumed to be a cross of Bristol shubunkin and Jikin. The name suggests the red body with white perpendicular stripes creates a clownfish-like appearance. Like jikins, artificial pattering is also used in kumanomi for stripes.<ref name="gyoogle.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.gyoogle.net/wakin1/kumanomi.html|title=クマノミ金魚-Gyoogle|website=Gyoogle.net|accessdate=12 November 2018}}</ref> * '''Tokai Nishiki''' is a rare breed, created by crossing a jikin with a choubi (butterfly telescope). The result is a long flowing body with long broad fins, and either an X-shaped or butterfly-shaped tail. * '''Aurora''' is a rare breed of goldfish from Japan mixed from a jikin and a Bristol shubunkin. Although both hybrid goldfish breeds originate from the same varieties, accordingly, while kumanomi is a single tailed, aurora is a double tailed. * '''Sanshu Nishiki''' is a goldfish crossed from a ranchu and a jikin. * ''' Yanishiki''' is a Japanese goldfish originated from crossbreeding jikin and Bristol shubunkin. It is confusingly compared with the aurora, only a least known difference are the caudal fin angle and shape.
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==External links== *{{cite web|url=http://www.bristol-aquarists.org.uk/goldfish/jikin/jikin.htm|title=Japanese Jikin Goldfish|first=Peter|last=Brokenshire|website=Bristol-aquarists.org.uk|accessdate=12 November 2018}}
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