- The
arapaima, pirarucu, or
paiche is any
large species of
bonytongue in the
genus Arapaima native to the
Amazon and
Essequibo basins of
South America....
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Arapaima gigas, also
known simply as
Arapaima or pirarucu, or paiche, is a
species of
arapaima native to the
basin of the
Amazon River. Once
believed to...
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Arapaima leptosoma is a
species of
freshwater fish
endemic to Brazil. It is a
member of the
arapaimas, a
genus of air-breathing fish that
contains some...
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Arapaima ag****izii is a
species of
freshwater fish
endemic to Brazil. It is a
member of the
arapaimas, a
genus of air-breathing fish that
contains some...
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Arapaima mapae is a
species of
freshwater fish
endemic to Brazil,
where it is
known only from Lago do Amapá in Amapá State. It is a
member of the arapaimas...
- ecology,
Amazonian fish vary
extensively in form and size. The largest, the
arapaima and
piraiba can
reach 3 m (9.8 ft) or more in
length and up to 200 kg (440 lb)...
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belonging to the
family Osteoglossidae. It
includes the
South American arapaimas of the
Amazon and
Essequibo basins and the
African arowana (Heterotis...
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approximately fifty new
species are
discovered each year.: 308 : 27 The
arapaima,
known in
Brazil as the pirarucu, is a
South American tropical freshwater...
- castelnaui, at just 2
centimetres (0.79 in) long,
while the largest, the
arapaima (
Arapaima gigas),
reaches as much as 2.5
metres (8.2 ft).
Phylogeny based on...
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depending on
growth direction in
relation to
chitin fiber orientation. The
Arapaima fish's
outer scales are
designed to
resist piranha bites. This is achieved...
