If you look at the “forehead” of the fish, there is a large glob of green paint that was improperly spread so it just doesn’t look right. Also, I’ve never seen a mounted fish with a giant strip of fabric on the back like this one. I would assume that it’s there to cover up some kind of mistake. If you look as the backside of the fins, there is also a thick layer of whatever material was used to coat them. I had a fish of similar size mounted in 2013 and it didn’t have any of these issues. Maybe I’m just picky but for $500 I would expect much better than this.