Cohazard;4463028; said:Do you have any pictures? I saw a PFK article about the classification of A. stalsbergi, and the picture they used was of a common gold saum
And as if that weren't enough of a wrench tossed in, the article is titled: "White Saum Green terror finally named"
That leads me to question, does it really matter when using common names, if you refer to a fish as 'white saum' or 'silver saum'? To me, it makes no sense to call both the white and gold trim fish 'gold saum'.
It seems just about every body knew what they would see when they read the title. So I don't know who confuses 'white/silver saum' with a. stalsbergi, considering how rare it is.
What you refer to as A. stalsbergi, I previously had read about as 'true rivulatus', this is the first time I hear that A. rivulatus is actually very very similar to 'gold saum'.
As far as common names, of course nobody is calling a white trimmed green terror, a gold saum. Nevertheless, whether gold or white trimmed, the point is that these commonly available green terrors, are of the same species: Andinoacara sp. "goldsaum". An as of yet, undescribed or unclassified species.
A 'white saum' or a 'silver saum' are common names and anybody is free to use whatever common name they like. But by calling it a 'silver saum' it definately is being confused with A. stalsbergi; that is even obvious reading through this thread as some see the white and gold trimmed common green terrors as distinctly different species. Which they are not. In fact some of the white trimmed individuals end up turning orange or gold over time.
All 3 species or types of green terrors are very similar fishes. Very closely related. A. stalsbergi, though not common, is available in the hobby. Jeff Rapps imported them. A. rivulatus from the rio Esmeraldas, on the other hand, is extremely rare.
Like I mentioned before, the classification of A. sp. 'goldsaum' is yet to be determined. But The Cichlid Room Companion is no longer recognizing A. sp. 'goldsaum' as a seperate species.They used to list A. sp. 'goldsaum' as a species but no longer do. According to them, A. sp. 'goldsaum' is not a seperate undescribed species, but rather the very same species as A. rivulatus.
http://www.cichlidae.com/gallery/genus.php?id=269
On the other hand, Alf Stalsberg is now calling A. sp. 'goldsaum', A. aequinoctalis. ( A name that the CRC is still considering to be a synonym of A. rivulatus).
http://www.lem.net/alf/css-andinoacara.htm
