You are 100% correct. That is a Mayan Cichlid. Tilapia is a general name for more than a hundred different kinds of the tilapiine cichlid species. And yes they do crossbread and produce hybrids. All of which are an invasive species and should be harvested or destroyed.
Is it a cross breed or mix? There are fish in that lake that look like textbook tilapia. There are also fish that look like Mayan Cichlids. They seem to be interbreeding.
You are 100% correct. That is a Mayan Cichlid. Tilapia is a general name for more than a hundred different kinds of the tilapiine cichlid species. And yes they do crossbread and produce hybrids. All of which are an invasive species and should be harvested or destroyed.
that is not a bluegill.. its a talapia
Is it a cross breed or mix? There are fish in that lake that look like textbook tilapia. There are also fish that look like Mayan Cichlids. They seem to be interbreeding.