Have you seen a six line wrasse this fat?

I am just wondering if anyone has seen a six line wrasse this fat. It is about 3 years old and tanked with clownfishes and randalls goby. So he is basically the king of the tank. I have seen it this fat for 5-6 weeks now so just wondering. I don't think it has babies and don't even know if they can be hermaphrodite.
 

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I had a Kole Tang years ago that got unnaturally fat like that. It died. No idea what it was, but if I had to guess, I'd say tumor.
 
Sometimes bacterial infections can cause swelling. I treated a fish with swollen sides with an antibiotic and the swelling went away.
If it is a tumor all you can do is hope that it is benign.
Good luck.
Myles
 
I had a clown fish live with with a tumor for many years. And my fish with the swollen abdomen that responded to antibiotics lived with the swelling for about 3 years before I treated him.
If your fish is eating and otherwise behaving normally I wouldn't be too alarmed.
Myles
 
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