Arapaima - Wikipedia
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. Arapaima is the type genus of the subfamily Arapaiminae within the family Osteoglossidae .
Arapaima gigas - Wikipedia
Arapaima gigas, also known simply as Arapaima or pirarucu, or paiche, [3] [4] [5] is a species of arapaima native to the basin of the Amazon River. Once believed to be the sole species in the genus, it is among the largest freshwater fish.
Pirarucu | Amazon River, Giant Fish, Carnivore | Britannica
2024年11月15日 · Pirarucu, (Arapaima gigas), ancient, air-breathing, giant fish of Amazonian rivers and lakes. One of the largest freshwater fishes in the world, the pirarucu attains a length of nearly 3 metres (10 feet) and a weight of 220 kg (485 pounds).
Rare good news from the Amazon: Gigantic fish are thriving ...
2022年12月7日 · Conservationists say a sustainable fishing program has helped the recovery of the local pirarucu — which can be up to 10-feet long and weigh 450 pounds.
Arapaima, facts and photos - National Geographic
Also known as the paiche or the pirarucu, the arapaima is an air-breathing fish that plies the rainforest rivers of South America's Amazon Basin and nearby lakes and swamps.
Conservation efforts have brought back an endangered species ...
2022年12月3日 · In the Amazon jungle, there is a species of giant freshwater fish. The pirarucu is prized for its meat and targeted by illegal fishermen, and it had become an endangered species.
One of Earth’s biggest freshwater fish is bouncing back, a ...
2024年6月14日 · The largest scaled freshwater fish in the world, the arapaima in Brazil is known as the “pirarucu,” a word in the aboriginal Tupí language that translates to “red fish,” after its reddish ...