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Harry Potter: "I know what I should have done. I should've learned to be an Animagus like Sirius."
Ron Weasley: "Yeah, you could've turned into a goldfish any time you wanted!"
Harry Potter and Ron Weasley discussing methods of swimming[src]

The goldfish is a small freshwater fish commonly kept as a domestic pet by humans.[5]

History[]

Professor Trelawney told Ismelda Murk in the first Divination lesson of the 1989–1990 school year that a friend's irritating goldfish would soon meet a watery death.[2]

Ron Weasley was described as "mouth[ing] soundlessly like a goldfish out of water" when Hermione Granger abruptly stormed off to bed when they got into a quarrel after the Yule Ball in 1994.[6]

In 1995, when Hermione and Ron were helping Harry Potter search for a magical way for a human to breath underwater in preparation for the Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament, Ron suggested that Harry could have "turned into a goldfish any time [he] wanted" if he had become an Animagus.[3]

When contained in a cauldron, the gold-coloured luck potion Felix Felicis was described as "splashing about merrily", with "large drops leaping above the surface like goldfish".[7]

Joseph Edwards' Fish Fancies, a wizarding fish food made with magical ingredients, was intended for goldfish.[4]

A goldfish in a bag was among the many items discarded in the London sewers.[1]

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Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World - Case 6: A Filthy Business, Act 1 (see this image)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 2 (Curses and Prophecies)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 26 (The Second Task)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Harry Potter Wizard's CollectionLabel Collection book (see this image)
  5. WP favicon Goldfish on Wikipedia
  6. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 23 (The Yule Ball)
  7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 9 (The Half-Blood Prince)
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