Goldfish

The goldfish is a freshwater fish in the introduced in. It has a tiny shadow size and can be found in rivers in games prior to, and in ponds in. Unlike most fish, the goldfish appears as a bag or bowl rather than a tank when placed in the player's house.

Donation to the museum
As with all fish and bugs in the, the goldfish can be donated to the museum by talking to Blathers, who will tell the player a little bit about the donation.

In
As a Goldfish is donated, Blathers will say this:

In
This is Blathers's speech about the newly donated fish:

It appears in the first tank in the aquarium.

Blathers will say this when handed the fish in the museum dialogue.

In
It can be found in the small tube-tank in the aquarium.

In
Upon donation to the museum, the information board in front of the tank that houses the goldfish says the following:

In
The goldfish can be found in the tank immediately to the right of the entrance to the fish section of the museum sharing it with the pop-eyed goldfish.

Fishing Tourney
During a Fishing Tourney, when given a goldfish, Chip will say the following dialogue.

Real-world information
This goldfish is the Fantail breed. It has two fins instead of one. It has an egg shaped body, a high dorsal fin, but no shoulder hump. It is the western variation of the Ryukin breed. They do not like cold water. These, like all goldfish, are commonly kept as pets, and prefer a water temperature of 13 - 21 degrees Celsius/Centigrade.