You selected Pterophyllum altum (non Pellegrin, 1903). This is a misapplied name for:

Accepted scientific name:
Pterophyllum scalare (Schultze, 1823) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Pterophyllum scalare (Schultze, 1823)
Synonyms:
Platax scalaris Cuvier, 1831 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Platax scalaris Cuvier, 1831
Plataxoides dumerilii Castelnau, 1855 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Plataxoides dumerilii Castelnau, 1855
Pterophillum eimekei Ahl, 1928 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Pterophillum eimekei Ahl, 1928
Pterophyllum altum (non Pellegrin, 1903) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Pterophyllum altum (non Pellegrin, 1903)
Pterophyllum dumerilii (Castelnau, 1855) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Pterophyllum dumerilii (Castelnau, 1855)
Pterophyllum eimekei Ahl, 1928 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Pterophyllum eimekei Ahl, 1928
Zeus scalaris Schultze, 1823 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Zeus scalaris Schultze, 1823
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Poson lavwèl Creole, French French Guiana Click here to show the literature
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Almindelig Skalare Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Skalare Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Katuku siba Djuka French Guiana Click here to show the literature
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Angelfish English Japan Click here to show the literature
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Angelfish English Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Angelfish English USA Click here to show the literature
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Black angelfish English USA Click here to show the literature
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Freshwater angelfish English Canada Click here to show the literature
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Freshwater angelfish English USA Click here to show the literature
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Longfin angelfish English USA Click here to show the literature
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Veil angelfish English USA Click here to show the literature
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Lehtikala Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Poisson ange French France Click here to show the literature
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Scalaire French Canada Click here to show the literature
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Scalaire French France Click here to show the literature
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Dumerils Segelflosser German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Perlscalar German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Segelflosser German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Skalar German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Spitzkopfsegelflosser German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Enzeru-fisshu Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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エンゼルフィッシュ Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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大神仙魚 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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大神仙鱼 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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艾氏神仙魚 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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艾氏神仙鱼 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Kweyu Palicur French Guiana Click here to show the literature
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Skalar Polish Poland Click here to show the literature
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Cara bandeira Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Skalyariya Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Pez ángel Spanish Peru Click here to show the literature
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Scalare Spanish Peru Click here to show the literature
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Scalare Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Cichlidae
Genus Pterophyllum
Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin, in Peru, Colombia, and Brazil, along the Ucayali, Solimões and Amazon rivers; rivers of Amapá (Brazil), Rio Oyapock in French Guiana; Essequibo River in Guyana.
Additional data: -
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2011
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Kullander, S.O., Data last modified by FishBase 05-Jan-2011
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=4717
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:212c50be-60a7-102d-be47-00304854f810:col20110201