Panamius

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Speciesbox | name = ''Panamius panamensis'' | image = Panamius panamensis 173450182.jpg | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Lyons, T.J. |date=2020 |title=''Panamius panamensis'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T159145792A159145807 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T159145792A159145807.en |access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref> | display_parents = 3 | genus = Panamius | parent_authority = Schmitter-Soto, 2007 | species = panamensis | authority = (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913) | synonyms = *''Archocentrus panamensis'' *''Cryptoheros panamensis'' *''Neetroplus panamensis'' }}

'''''Panamius''''' is a genus of cichlid fishes found in moderately flowing rivers and streams in Panama.<ref name=IUCN/> The only species within ''Panamius'' is '''''Panamius panamensis'''''. ''Panamius'' had been previously considered a subgenus within the genus ''Cryptoheros.''<ref name=rican>{{cite journal|title=Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification|author=Říčan, O.|author2=Piálek, L.|author3=Dragová, K.|author4=Novák, J.|name-list-style=amp|journal=Vertebrate Zoology|pages=1–102|volume=66|issue=1|year=2016|doi=10.3897/vz.66.e31534 |doi-access=free |url=https://www.senckenberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/01_vertebrate_zoology_66-1_rican_1-102.pdf|access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref> Prior to being classified within ''Cryptoheros'' it was sometimes included within the genus ''Neetroplus''.<ref name=rican/> ''P. panamensis'' reaches up to {{cvt|13|cm|in}} in length and primarily feeds on aufwuchs.<ref name=IUCN/>

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Category:Cichlid genera Category:Monotypic fish genera Category:Heroini Category:Cichlid fish of Central America Category:Fish of Panama