The Flowerhorn chichlid is a result of hybridisation between different South American chichlids.

The Flowerhorn was developed in Malaysia during the second half of the 1990s, and exactly which South American

cichlids that was used and in which combinations is still a secret. This secrecy has of caused a lot of speculation

and a number of more or less reasonable theories have been put forth. One of the more far-fetched theories

suggests that the Flowerhorn cichlid was artificially created in a Malaysian genetics laboratory by combining genes

from a Goldfish with genes from the Trimac cichlid (Amhilophous Trimaculatus).