I am familiar with the sarassa comet and they are very similar to the fish I
had except for the extra long tails and a slightly slimmer body...

"RichToyBox" wrote in message
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Look at the definition of sarassa comet at
http://www.ponddoc.com/WhatsUpDoc/Go...fishGuide.html
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RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html

"Craig Davis" wrote in message
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Year ago I purchased a house that had a 60 gallon outdoor pond at the
entry. The pond had seven gold and white fish with bodies from 2" to 5"
long. The very distinctive feature about these fish were their tails.
The tails were at little longer than their bodies and very sheer. They
were well adapted to pond life. I gradually lost the them to
neighborhood cats. The largest one lived seven years after I bought the
house. I found him struggling in the water with a slash down his side as
I had one or two others. I have tried to find them in a variety of pet
stores and tropical fish places to on avail. Can anybody help me
identify these fish?