Are goldfish really gold

Answer 1

Goldfish is simply the common name given to a species of domesticated Carp. They have been bred to be of many colours and body and fin shapes and many of these "Goldfish" have other names too which defines their different colours and shapes..

Answer 2

They are called goldfish because they are gold and there fish.

Answer 3

Sometimes they are gold.=Look at the pet shop.=

Answer 4

i would say that they are more of a shiny orange than a gold. But some goldfish can be more yellow/gold.

Answer 5

There ancestors are gold... different colored traits over time dominated the classic gold color, while in some breeds, the gold color will dominate during the trait selecting process

Answer 6

It's scales look very shiny in the water and it looks like gold doesn't it? The gold fish is called a Gold fish is because the color of it's scales

Answer 7

Because of its gold color!