Oscar jaw misaligned?

batang_mcdo

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Noticed my male oscars's jaw seem to be misaligned, i also noticed this last time with another female oscar , arebthey prone to dislocating their jaws? Will the jaw automatically pop back?
Not sure what happened , the left side of the mouth seems to be protruding out more than the right side
 

PYRU

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Its probably a deformity but maybe not. If you have pics it would help tremendously.
 

batang_mcdo

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I'll try to take some pictures later.
I got this oscar when it was already an adult and i did not notice misaligned jaws until earlier today.
 

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It could be a few things, a deformity probably will stay like that for the life of the fish, it shouldn't interfere with the health unless it stops it from eating.

It could be from fighting, which it could pop back in I'm pretty sure, also could stay that way. As long as they're eating and acting fine I don't see any reason to worry.
 
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