Shubunkin of age, even though they live much longer. Blue colouring in goldfish comes from black pigment within the body wall. It will not show as blue in fish with metallic type scales, but will look blue if the fish has matte or nacreous scales. The nacreous (formerly called calico) scale type is produced in a fish that carries the gene for metallic scales, as well as the gene for matte scales (the fish is heterozygous). Only nacreous scales are accepted by the Shubunkin breed standards. Shubunkin The Shubunkin was created by Yoshigoro Akiyama （, by crossing Calico telescope eye with
A Kind of Christmas Card A Kind of Christmas Card A Kind of Christmas Card is a song by Norwegian singer Morten Harket, released in 1995 as the lead single from their debut solo album "Wild Seed". It was written by Håvard Rem and Harket, and produced by Christopher Neil. "A Kind of Christmas Card" reached No. 1 in Norway and No. 53 in the UK. Following the song's success in Norway, Harket received the Spellemannprisen "Song of the Year" award for "A Kind of Christmas Card". A music video was filmed in Los Angeles to promote the single. It was directed by Mark Neal