New fish identification?

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Recently bought a green terror from local shop to replace 😞my old green terror who sadly died but looking at both together not sure if it's a terror at all would appreciate any feed back

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And ended up looking like this Im thinking Its might be a female or an acara? As body shape and scales seem different
 

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Your new Andinoacara is much younger, so comparing body shape to your previous adult, is not realistic.
At a young age, all Andinoacara are hard to tell apart, and there are at least 8 described species in the genus.
It does (however) look GT to me. but then again, the common name GT is applied to at least 2 or more of the genus, interchangeably.
I've heard aquarists argue, ad nausium, over what is what.
So only the scientific usage, is of any relevance to me.
The one caveat, is that there is a lot of cross breeding between, A pulcher, rivulatus and stalsbergi these days, which is mutting up the market for legitimate species.
So it is possible it is one of those intentionally disrespectful crosses, or unintentional hybrids from out of ignorance, is also possible..
But showing the same body shape, and true coloration of your previous one, ....is months,..... if not a year down the road.
I keep Andinoacara coerleopunctatus, and the only reason I know it is a true representative of the species, is because I caught it myself in its home range, Panama.
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If I saw it as juvie in a LFS, there'd be "no" way to know for sure these days, mutt or not.
Below , a wild caught juvie A coerleopunctatus
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Hi thanks for the reply I posted further down the link the difference as juveniles I totally agree with you post and was thinking maybe a crossbreed just wanted a different perspective 👍guess only time will tell.
 
It's a gt, just not as high quality as your previous one
Rivulatus is the only one in the genus with that shape and orange fins, stalsbergi has a bit more black patterning around the body and only has white fins
 
Thanks for the reply
It's a gt, just not as high quality as your previous one
Rivulatus is the only one in the genus with that shape and orange fins, stalsbergi has a bit more black patterning around the body and only has white fins
Thanks for the reply was also wondering if it may be a female because of the dull colouration and rounder dorsal fin either way I'm glad it's a Rivulatus
 

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I agree that it is a GT, I think it is not in very good condition and this may be why it looks pale, looks a bit thin to me, and the fins are a bit clamped. Not sure if it needs any parasite treatment, or just needs feeding up, with good food.
 
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