The Schmitter-Soto paper from summer 2007 reclassified many Central American Cichlids. Some points of the paper:
A. Convict Cichlids have been broken up into 4 species and placed in a new genus, Amatitlania
- - 4 Described:
- - - Amatitlania nigrofasciatus
- - - A. siqua
- - - A. kanna
- - - A. coatepeque
1 Undescribed, being Amatitlania sp. aka "Honduran Red Point".
B. Herotilapia multispinosum (Rainbow Cichlids) are now members of Archocentrus
C. 2 new species of the genus Cryptoheros
D. Neetroplus nematopus has been placed in the genus Hypsophrrys, the genus of H. nicaraguense (The Macaw Cichlid)
E. Jack Dempseys have been placed in a new genus (Rocio) and have been split into three species.
A. Convict Cichlids have been broken up into 4 species and placed in a new genus, Amatitlania
- - 4 Described:
- - - Amatitlania nigrofasciatus
- - - A. siqua
- - - A. kanna
- - - A. coatepeque
1 Undescribed, being Amatitlania sp. aka "Honduran Red Point".
B. Herotilapia multispinosum (Rainbow Cichlids) are now members of Archocentrus
C. 2 new species of the genus Cryptoheros
D. Neetroplus nematopus has been placed in the genus Hypsophrrys, the genus of H. nicaraguense (The Macaw Cichlid)
E. Jack Dempseys have been placed in a new genus (Rocio) and have been split into three species.
