Flower Horn. This is the only common thing they have. Flowerhorn cichlids are also quite large which makes it even harder to miss them.
Flowerhorns first emerged for sale on the aquarium market in malaysia in the late 1990s and soon became popular in many countries in asia. Initially flowerhorns were called luohans but the detailed history of this fish is still unclear as they were not documented properly. The scientific name of this fish is cichlid as it belongs to cichlidae family of the fishes.
First developed in malaysia thailand and taiw.
Initially flowerhorns were called luohans but the detailed history of this fish is still unclear as they were not documented properly. Like blood parrot cichlids they are man made hybrids that exist in the wild only because of their release. Flowerhorn is a typical large american cichlid with big bulky body fan shaped unpaired fins and a bright colored hump on its forehead. Flower horn fishes are man made hybrid fishes which have close relatedness to the hybrid red parrotfish and few other cichlids.