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<br />Goldfish 21 <br /> <br /> <br />Figure 13. Cultured (fancy) form of Goldfish; 110 millimeter SL adult purchased from pet store. <br />(Photo copyright @ Richard T. Bryant.) <br /> <br /> <br />-~ '- <br />~ <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />Figure 14. Wild (olivaceous) form of Goldfish; 170 millimeter SL adult, from Douglas Reservoir, Tennessee. <br />(Photo copyright @ Richard T. Bryant.) <br /> <br />Reproduction <br /> <br />spawner, reproducing in the spring and summer when <br />temperatures are above 16 oC (Robison and Buchanan, <br />1988). Eggs take 3-7 days to hatch, depending on <br />temperature (Wheeler, 1969; Moyle, 2002; Boschung <br />and Mayden, 2004). Egg and larval development were <br />described in Nakamura (1969) and Jones and others <br />(1978). Exceptional camera lucida illustrations of egg <br />and larval development were presented in Battle (1940). <br /> <br />Sexual maturity is reached at 1-2 years of age, <br />and reproduction occurs annually for about 6- 7 years <br />(Robison and Buchanan, 1988). Females scatter their <br />adhesive eggs over vegetation, roots, or other fixed <br />objects (Hensley and Courtenay, 1980; Robison <br />and Buchanan, 1988). The Goldfish is a batch <br /> <br />~ <br />