Should C.Panamensis be reclassified to vieja?

[Hybridfish7]

Cryptoheros Panamensis is an interesting and nice looking cichlid. My 'issue' with it is that it's in cryptoheros...
A lot of the cryptoheros species were recently reclassified into amatitlania, and I'm not sure if panamensis was too, but either way I think it doesn't belong.
It's a smaller cichlid, and would be a tiny vieja, but I think it looks more like a vieja than a convict.
It sure as hell isn't up to me to reclassify any species anywhere, I'm just going by what I think. I'm also just going by appearance, I'm not sure if there's any genetic relation of panamensis to any convicts.
look, here's c. panamensis:

here's a convict:

and here's a vieja (hartwegi)

you tell me if panamensis looks like a vieja or not... I think it looks like it could be one.

 

[ryansmith83]

The fish has its own genus, Panamius panamensis. It is a dwarf species so it is not Vieja. Fish are not classified by their appearances to one another.

 

[Hybridfish7]

Ah, ok. Thanks for clearing that up... I know of all the different genuses, but not about how fish are classified too much...

 

[dan518]

Ah, ok. Thanks for clearing that up... I know of all the different genuses, but not about how fish are classified too much...

If you do a Web search for heroine cichlids phylogeny tree it will show the relationship between spp from dna testing.

 

[duanes]

As dan518 stated, most the latest reclassifications have to do with DNA analysis, which can determine evolutionary relationships.
Appearance is not always relevant, one of the closest relatives to the 3 ft African cichlid Boulengerochromis microlepis, is less than 5", and its outward appearance is nothing like the Emperor cichlid.

 

[Hybridfish7]

Interesting, thanks for the info.