Green Terror, Male Or Female?

[3Timz]

I have a 1 year old green terror and im not sure if it is a male or a female. Any idea which it is?

 

[thelaw]

if you could get some better pics that would help but from what i can see it looks like a female

 

[3Timz]

its the best i can get with my phone, i dont have a normal camera.

 

[thelaw]

its the best i can get with my phone, i dont have a normal camera.

ok well i would just go with female for now and see wen it gets older its still very Yong

 

[AeonMapa]

A 1 year old gt should be old enough to sex. It looks male to me

 

[3Timz]

Why do you say that?

 

[AeonMapa]

Never mind I thought the male was the only one with red fin trims

 

[Liam2368]

They are not called a Green Terror or Gold Saum etc etc the one you have is a Andinoacara Rivulatus, Green Terrors are Andinoacara Stalsbergi. Yours looks to be a male but a better picture will confirm it.

 

[3Timz]

So it's not a green terror?

 

[Liam2368]

No, one of the most commonly miss named cichlids, it's a Andinoacara Rivulatus. Like I said Andinoacara Stalsbergi is the green terror. The key differences is the scale pattern, white on the tail instead of orange (rivulatus also has a white form too) they are smaller and also have a different shape and deserve the name green terror because they are far more aggressive than a rivulatus.

 

[thelaw]

So it's not a green terror?

no green terrors do have whit on there tail and are most commonly called true green terrors. this is not a true green terror this is what most pet shops say is a green terror but is not

 

[Liam2368]

Don't forget Rivulatus do also get white on their tail but orange is far more common so it can be confusing.