Criticism
Criticism has also been made of placing flowerhorns, which are man-made fish, into fish taxa, which are reserved for the identification of species found in nature. This practice can make identification of similar cichlids difficult. Breeding with pure bloodlines of cichlid species has already occurred in a number of cichlids commonly kept in the hobby, risking loss of genetic material.
Flowerhorn breeding also contributes to the commercial demand for new and different fish, possibly leading to questionable practices, such as breeding for anatomical deformities, as occurred in goldfish breeding.
Flowerhorns have been criticized by some cichlid hobbyists and environmentalists for a number of reasons. Interest in flowerhorns resulted in culling of surplus and deformed fish, some of which were dumped in the wild in Malaysia and Singapore, where they survived and disrupted riverine and pond ecosystems. Like many other cichlids, flowerhorns are aggressive and can breed quickly, competing with and eating native fish.
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