I live in south dade, haven't seen any buttikoferi, but havent been fishing much this past year for the most part. Still saw lots of T. mariae and huge Oreochromis even after last year's cold
im in lake wourth and its sumer right now when bass population should be up and all im catching is talapia/mayans. each one i catch gets cut i half lol. also i trid to fry it up buts its a flake/boney meat (talapia)