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Two-year old red veiltail shown at GSGB 2011. Notice the slight curling over of the top of the dorsal fin, which seems to happen when finnage is bred long; breeders of course try to prevent this through selection. Notice also the lack of colour at the edges of the fins, which is common; it is very hard to match a complex and difficult standard like that of the veiltail.
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Two-year old red-silver variegated veiltail shown at GSGB 2005.
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Adult red metallic veiltail, almost completely self-coloured. Shown at GSGB 2005.
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Young adult with a fine, red colour; ideally, the colour would extend throughout the fins. Shown at BAS 2001.
This is an 80-year-old photograph of a veiltail of superb overall quality, but with a forked tail and longer finnage all round (as was called for by the early standard, but which proved difficult to achieve). Much has been undertaken in the last 80 years by way of breeding out the fork, giving a nearly straight trailing edge to the tail.