Short(er) Bodied Silver Aro?

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flowerpower

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I was at the LFS looking at a tank full of 20 or so 12" silver aros when I noticed that one had an shorter body than all the rest. It wasn't drastic (only stands out when amongst other aros) but this one was about 8"-9" while the rest were longer. The body depth was the same as the rest just the length was at least 3" shorter than the next shortest fish in the tank (actually there was hardly any noticeable variance in length amongst any of the others. Has anyone else seen this?
BTW, you know I had to buy him. When I got him home and measured him up against my jardini I realized that they have the same length:depth ratio. Is that normal?
 
use less without pictures.
 
maybe he was just the lil runt of the bunch and never ate as much as the rest. looks like there were a lot of aros in that tank. got no doubt he will gro 3+ ft
 
here you go. looks like a normal silver aro to me. probably just a runt.

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