A goldfish at the Royal Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh has undergone cosmetic surgery after visitors complained of its ugliness. The fish had an "unsightly" growth on its face and visitors of the museum regularly complained that it looks ugly.

According to the Scotsman, the gold fish has undergone the cosmetic surgery to remove a growth from its eye.

Reports out of New Zealand indicates that a determined goldfish named Nemo swept from a backyard pond swam for its life during a flood and survived, washed up away almost one mile away from the scene.

"He had been taken away by that horrible brown water, and there he was, about 2km away, swimming in the debris and happy as can be," farmer Ab Oskam, told the Otago Daily Times.

Scientists have discovered that a fresh water fish called Crucian carp, closely related to the goldfish, can live months without oxygen.

Inhabiting lakes and rivers of Europe and Asia, these are able to change the structure of their gills to boost oxygen uptake, allowing them to survive when they are starved of oxygen.

The city of Rome is prohibiting goldfish bowls, after animal rights activists say the bowls are harmful to fish.

The classic spherical fish bowls are banned under a new by-law. It also prevents fish or other animals being given away as fairground prizes.

Two high school students swallow goldfish at a school assembly and were punished with a stern lecture.

Animal rights activists say it's not enough.