Did Shakespeare say, "That which we call a goldfish, by any other name would be as bright"?
Or insult some catiff with a, "Thou wimpled, reeling-ripe goldfish-licker!"
He did not.
Goldfish didn't make it to England till nearly a century after Shakespeare's death. We got Shakespearean dogs and cats, camels, carp, marmosets, mackerel, and whales . . . but no goldfish.
Basically, the goldfish is the carp who made good.
Read the rest of 'Everything you wanted to know about Regency Goldfish but didn't realize it'
over at Word Wenches . . . here.
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