Actually, looks like a young gold saum to me, a currently undescribed species that according to rumors will be named
Andinoacara aequinoctalis according to acara guru Alf Stalsberg. No reason to suspect blue acara at all in it. This is the species most commonly called a green terror today.
Deffinately not an
A. stalsburgi since as
bernie mentioned, it doesn't have the reverse scale pattern. This was the fish first imported as 'green terror' and also known as 'silbersaum' in the hobby before it's description.
And since
A. rivulatus has never been imported (according to the new breakdown of
Andinoacara scientific articles), we can rule that species out as well.
Kind of surprised no one mentioned the OP's fish is still quite young and thus not fully colored up yet though
bernie did hint at that fact.
bernie - you forgot the edging can be red too. :thumb:
24Tropheus - The pic of a GT you posted deffinately is obsolete in terms of it's name. That would be a silver/white saum (at least in most of the US -
A. aequinoctalis ... if that name holds up). The scientific articles did include DNA studies that seperated them, I have botht he one describing the genus and the one describing
A. stalsbergi.
And yes,
Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus should be the most common blue acara becuase it's much prettier than
A. latifrons or
A. pulcher, but
A. coeruleopunctatus is the rarest on this side of the pond. Virtually unseen sadly.
Anyone interested can read how we tried to sort out the 3 green terror species here:
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=205134&start=30
Think I got everything ... not sure though, needed a lot of coffee to get through this thread. :lol: