tiger shovel nose hybrid or not

[STATIC X]

this is my shovel nose ...

have strange lips..

im curious, i see many picture of tiger shovel nose that have perfect flat lips
why my cats have a lips like duck i mean just like a duck

 

[stotty]

He is a duck bill it happens in the wild I have caught quite a few pike like it. It's through inbreeding and is a genetic deformity when I bought my TSN I wanted a small one to grow on it took me ages to fined the one I have now at the time most of the LFS that were selling them had these duck billed mouths.

 

[STATIC X]

im shock

 

[necrocanis]

I agree stotty, this does not appear to be a hybrid to me rather a birth defect, or damage to the upper maxillae resulting in the fishes appearance here. Do you have any pics of the mouth up close?

 

[messiner]

probably from glass swimming, pretty common.

 

[STATIC X]

sorry no good pics

 

[STATIC X]

can be my tank!!!

my is 1 thick

 

[Noot]

does the misformed mouth give him trouble eating too?

 

[STATIC X]

just like other shovel nose...eat everything..active!!!

 

[Daniel Machado]

I think it should be nice then... Just not too nice to see.

Best regards.

Daniel.