actually Altums are Altums..while there may be some differences in the altums due to geopraphics..they are none the less altums. I am not sure what you are referring to regarding gold and black.
there has been some wild scalare that have been mis identified as altums but the characteristics are fairly clear regarding face shape, body shape and colorations.(Altums usually appear with black bars with thick brown alternate bars running the height of the body) the scalare do not have wide brown bars their brown bars are narrow and may not run the height of the body.
you seem to have missed Leopoldi..which are NOT super veils.
there are three distinct species of Angel fish to date
Altum, Scalare and Leopoldi.
there is some discussion /debate on other possible angels but it is not conclusive and way beyond my expertise(limited)
of the three..the altums tend to be more difficult to acclimate usually as a result of poor survivablity during shipping . followed by wild scalre then the Leopoldi. the most common wild found in stores(LFS) tend to be the Leopoldi(tough lil buggers) on rare occassion you may find Altums.
I currently lucked out and got wild Peruvian Scalare
if you have not raised wilds..you should see the distinct differences to domestic scalare.
of the wilds.. the scalare and Leoplidi have been successfully spawned.
there are rare instances of Altums but it is rare.
