Those are definately some great looking fish, especiallly the cichlid! 8-) What other fish can you find there? Any bass in Chiapas? How do you catch those native species? I was in Yucatan and Quintana Roo and also in Belize, absolutely love the region! Comi mucho mole cuando estuve alli. 
Another species you can catch is the Mayan Cichlid ( which BTW you acn also catch in Florida
) and there are several species of cichlids commonly named "guapotas"but that don 't describe a species in particular :
To my knowledge there aren 't any bass in Chiapas T-rig, but you never know because people don 't always call the fish with the same name, most people in Mexico call bass "lobina" but where I live the country folks call them "robalón" or "huro", 3 different names for the same animal and none of them have anything in common.
Tenguayacas, Macabil are predatory fish T-rig, you catch them with lures like bass, they prefer faster moving lures like crankbaits, in-line spinners & spinnerbaits over slower moving baits like worms and jigs.
Other cichlids can be caught with panfish baits like small grubs and tubes, with flies and with bait like mealworms, ocassionally they strike bigger baits like cranks but success with them is marginal.
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