its been a good couple months and he/she has grown from about 4'' to a solid 7'' and has changed color slightly after i got rid of all other cichlids in the tank.
i have no idea what you were told before. its my first time seeing this fish. based on the body type and eyes i say PRQ. the colors are a bit off tho. it kinda looks like a PRQ bred back to a syn. the safe bet would be to say a synspilium x ?.