ʻOranda

ʻO Oranda (Oranda Goldfish - English) nani maoli iʻa. ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona ka hele ʻana ma ke poʻo o kahi ulu nui e like me kahi pāpale, ʻokoʻa ke kala mai ke kala nui o ka iʻa. Hoʻomaka ia e ʻike i ka mahina 3-4 o ke ola o ka iʻa, akā ua hoʻokumu piha ʻia ma hope o ʻelua mau makahiki.

He pōkole ke kino, ʻoʻoleʻa, poepoe/ovoid ke ʻano. He lōʻihi nā peʻa, ʻoluʻolu, ʻokoʻa ka lua. Nui nā ʻano kala: ʻulaʻula, ʻeleʻele, kālā, kokoleka, uliuli - kahi malu hou i ʻike ʻia ma ka mākeke. Hiki i ke kala ke hui pū me ka ʻulaʻula me nā aka ʻē aʻe, kahi hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi kekahi o nā ʻano o Oranda - Little Red Riding Hood. He keʻokeʻo loa ia, a ʻo ka ulu ʻana he kala cherry ʻōmaʻomaʻo.

He nui nā mea pā i ka iʻa ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, akā ua uku ʻia ka nānā kūikawā ma Kina a me Iapana, kahi i kapa ʻia ai lākou me ka mahalo ʻo "Water Flower". I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe pilikia me kona loaʻa ʻana, akā naʻe, pono ka ʻike i kekahi mau mākau, no laila ʻaʻole ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Oranda no nā aquarists hoʻomaka. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻomanawanui i nā loli wela a kau i nā koi kiʻekiʻe i ka maikaʻi a me ka maʻemaʻe o ka wai. Pilikia ka “cap”/growth i nā ʻano mea haumia like ʻole e noho ana i loko o nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi a hoʻonāukiuki i nā maʻi a me nā maʻi.

E heluhelu hou aʻe e pili ana i nā hiʻohiʻona o ka mālama ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i Goldfish ma ka ʻāpana "Common Goldfish".