Selective breeding continued through 1998, when the Seven-colors Blue Fiery Mouth (also known as Greenish Gold Tiger) was imported from Central America, and crossbred with the Jin Gang blood parrot from Taiwan. With its striking colors, it quickly became popular. In 1995, the blood parrots were further crossbred with the Human Face Red God of Fortune, which produced a new breed called the Five-colors God of Fortune. These fish were then bred together, marking the birth of the flowerhorn. trimaculatus) had been imported from Central America to Malaysia and the hybrid blood parrot cichlid had been imported from Taiwan to Malaysia. By 1994, red devil cichlids (typically Amphilophus labiatus) and trimac cichlids ( A. The slightly protruding forehead and long tail of cichlids were prized in Taiwanese society as bringing luck in geomancy. Taiwanese and Malaysian peoples admired fish with protruding heads, known as ' kaloi' or 'warships', found in the western part of the nation. Their importation is banned in Australia.įlowerhorn breeding dates to 1993.
Numerous cast-off flowerhorns have been released to the wild, especially in Singapore and Malaysia, where they have become an invasive pest animal. They are commonly kept by hobbyists in the US, Asia, and Europe. Flowerhorns first emerged for sale on the aquarium market in Malaysia in the late 1990s and soon became popular in many countries in Asia. Like blood parrot cichlids, they are hybrids that exist in the wild only because of their release. Their head protuberance is formally called a nuchal hump.
Flowerhorn cichlids are ornamental aquarium fish noted for their vivid colors and the distinctively shaped heads for which they are named.
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