| Try moving the head length scale to the back of the gill plate instead of the front. You'll get a more accurate measure.
All in all the conformation is pretty good. Fins neither overly large or small, the cigar shaped body is smooth and uniform throughout with a thick tail tube right to the base of the fin. Some refer to this shape as a "cheroot" (a Burmese cigar).
Ginrin fish seem to suffer a genetic sacrifice when it comes to their bodies. They're like the "Rhinestone Cowboy" of the Koi world. Lots of flash and dazzle, all hat and no cattle... They lack the stuff it takes to put on the kind of length and girth their less flashy brothers and sisters have as a sacrifice for sparkle.
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Larry Iles
Oklahoma
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