What is the bump on flowerhorn fish?

The nuchal hump or (nuptial hump) often referred to as the KOK in the flowerhorn hobby, is the large bump on the fishes head, usually found on male flowerhorns and on various natural cichlid species from Central and South America. The Kok is able to inflate and deflate in size over time.

Why do fish hump?

But what brings fish to humps, and why do they occupy them? Two words: food and rest. Schools of deep-water minnows and baitfish use humps as resting points as they travel across the lake. The same scenario applies to larger predators, but they are also there for the food that humps provide.

Do fishes have periods?

Originally Answered: Do fish have periods? No they do not. Fish reproduction takes place in an external environment much unlike mammalians. In general fish release their eggs into a nest at which their partner or males come and release sperm, all while in water.

How do mermaids mate?

Mermaids have vaginas, mermen have penises in sheaths, kind of like dolphins, and male mermaids have both penises and vaginas. Q: How do merpeople have sex? When any group of merpeople love each other very much, they rub their parts against each other, sometimes inside each other, in a special, watery cuddle.

What is the head of the flowerhorn called?

nuchal hump
Flowerhorn cichlids are ornamental aquarium fish noted for their vivid colors and the distinctively shaped heads for which they are named. Their head protuberance, or kok, is formally termed a nuchal hump.

Where do flowerhorn fish come from?

The Flowerhorn fish come from Thailand, Malaysia, and Taiwan in the early 1990s. They are part of a family of fish known as Cichlids. The first known Flowerhorn strains originated by breeding various varieties of Cichlids. Blood Parrot, Red Devil, and Tri Mac Cichlid lines were crossed to create the first Flowerhorn.

What kind of scales does a Flowerhorn fish have?

But it’s the large nuchal hump on their heads that sets these fish apart from other species of cichlids. The Flowerhorn typically has greenish-blue metallic scales that may be red and pink toward the front of the fish’s body, and most Flowerhorns have horizontal black stripes.

Where did the flowerhorn cichlid come from?

By 1994, red devil cichlids (typically Amphilophus labiatus) and trimac cichlids (Amphilophus trimaculatus) had been imported from Central America to Malaysia and the hybrid blood parrot cichlid had been imported from Taiwan to Malaysia and bred these fish together, marking the birth of the flowerhorn.

What is a nuchal hump on a cichlid?

Flowerhorn cichlids are ornamental aquarium fish noted for their vivid colors and the distinctively shaped heads for which they are named. Their head protuberance, or kok, is formally termed a “ nuchal hump.”