Noun
A small domesticated cyprinoid fish (Carassius auratus); -- so named from its color. It is native of China, and is said to have been introduced into Europe in 1691. It is often kept as an ornament, in small ponds or glass globes. Many varieties are known. Called also golden fish, and golden carp. See Telescope fish, under Telescope.
A California marine fish of an orange or red color; the garibaldi.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA dead wife with a strange cut on her leg, her body found in a goldfish pond. Source: Internet
As if chickens, goldfish, and a cat weren't enough, the resident third-grader is now begging for a guinea pig, and is directly to blame. Source: Internet
Her musical career is shockingly young; carnival goldfish have been around longer. Source: Internet
Carver County Water Management Organization recently removed an estimated 50,000 goldfish from an inlet connected to Big Woods Lake, which is part of the Grace Chain of Lakes in Chaska. Source: Internet
However, unlike cattle, purebred dogs, or more relevantly, goldfish, the large majority of these offspring, even from the best champion-grade koi, will not be acceptable as nishikigoi (they have no interesting colors) or may even be genetically defective. Source: Internet
In general, goldfish tend to be smaller than koi, and have a greater variety of body shapes and fin and tail configurations. Source: Internet