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My instinctive reaction is 'no', more likely to be a brown goldfish, but the experts will be along shortly after they've had their cup of tea and a biscuit!

But still a lovely fish that would give a good account on light tackle!

Tengisgol wrote:But still a lovely fish that would give a good account on light tackle!

Also, that fish's parents or grand parents probably would have been true crucian and in that very water, so I don't think all would be lost in fishing it.

When a wild populations of goldfish revert to their natural bronze colour form, they appear very similar to Crucian Carp, some authorities consider goldfish to be a regional sub species of the Crucian carp. The scale count along the lateral line on a Crucian carp 32-35 Spines and soft rays on the dorsal fin III- IV/14-21, Goldfish 28-33 III-IV/15-19.
Ref: Dr Mark Everard..

Still good fishing though...

The humped body aside, that is no crucian. Crucians are more rounded and the bottom lip protrudes beyond the top one. It certainly looks like a 're-homed' goldfish or a descendent of the same. But, there's always a chance that it could have come from a crucian and a visit to the pool may produce more evidence or even a surprise. Nothing ventured and all that.

Concur with the above - goldfish!

Which makes it unusual and therefore worth pursuing - go get 'em