Arapaima gigas, also known as pirarucu or simply arapaima, is a species of arapaima native to the basin of the Amazon River. Once believed to be the sole...
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(Agassiz's arapaima) Arapaima gigas (Schinz, 1822) (pirarucu, arapaima) Arapaima leptosoma D. J. Stewart, 2013 (slender arapaima; Solimoes arapaima) Arapaima mapae...
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monotypic genus Arapaima, whose name derives from the Tupi-Guyarana indigenous name for Arapaima gigas. A. gigas in aquarium A. gigas in aquarium H. niloticus...
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up in the aquarium trade, although they are usually misidentified as Arapaima gigas. It has a deep caudal peduncle relative to other species in its genus...
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PanamJAS 5(3): 454–464. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Arapaima gigas" in FishBase. September 2017 version. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel...
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(Animalia) Anopheles gigas Apagomerina gigas Arapaima gigas, arapaima, pirarucu, or paiche, a freshwater fish Archispirostreptus gigas (synonym), the giant...
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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 the...
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Bouligand structure (section Arapaima)
much a single scale will bend when a predator attacks. In the species Arapaima gigas, each scale has two distinct structural regions which results in a scale...
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a group of bony fish in the Teleostei. A notable member is the arapaima (Arapaima gigas), the largest freshwater fish in South America and one of the largest...
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Serrasalmus humeralis Y Y Pirapitinga Piaractus brachypomus Y Y Pirarucu Arapaima gigas Y Y Planehead filefish Stephanolepis hispidus Y Y Plate fish Bothus...
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sturgeon is the largest species of freshwater bony fish extant today, and Arapaima gigas is among the largest of the freshwater fish. The largest bony fish ever...
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the gills and swim bladder in juvenile Amazonian air-breathing fish, Arapaima gigas". Micron. 43 (9): 961–970. doi:10.1016/j.micron.2012.03.018. ISSN 1878-4291...
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garden's east are two lakes which contains Arapaimas gigas from the Amazon river. Tourists can feed the Arapaimas gigas. Nongnooch contains the Nongnooch Pattaya...
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largest species is the South American fish usually known as the arapaima (Arapaima gigas). The maximum size this species can attain is a matter of some...
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nies.go.jp. "GISD". www.iucngisd.org. "Image - Arapaima in flooded forest - Arapaima - Arapaima gigas - ARKive". October 16, 2008. Archived from the original...
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Vincent R. (2016). "A comparative study of piscine defense: The scales of Arapaima gigas, Latimeria chalumnae and Atractosteus spatula". Journal of the Mechanical...
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(Catlocarpio siamensis) date uncertain Vietnam meat, pets 5a Cyprinidae Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) date uncertain the Amazon Basin meat, pets Captive-bred 5b Other...
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investigation of the Kali River goonch attacks), alligator gar, wels catfish, arapaima, piraíba, and the bull shark. All of them are potentially deadly creatures...
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ferreirai 90 cm (35 in) Preys on anything smaller than its mouth. Pirarucu Arapaima gigas 200 cm (79 in) African arowana Heterotis niloticus 100 cm (39 in) Freshwater...
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Biology, with the thesis "Natural history and conservation of pirarucu, Arapaima gigas, at the Amazonian várzea: Red giants in muddy waters". His advisor was...
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possibly new to science. Ram cichlid, Mikrogeophagus ramirezi Pirarucu, (Arapaima gigas) is the largest fresh-water fish in the world. Leporinus obtusidens...
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"Black corals" Aphonopelma albiceps Aphonopelma pallidum Aquilaria spp. Arapaima gigas Archaius spp. Arctocephalus spp. (Except the species included in Appendix I)...
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mid-20th century, the number of local fish, such as the important arapaima (Arapaima gigas), also decreased. These are nutrient-poor waters, and the urine...
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aquarium. The main creatures are penguins, seals, sea lions, walruses, arapaima gigas, sand tiger sharks, giant groupers. In addition, the public aquarium...
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"Cetobacterium Is a Major Component of the Microbiome of Giant Amazonian Fish (Arapaima gigas) in Ecuador". Animals. 8 (11): 189. doi:10.3390/ani8110189. PMC 6262583...
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lighthouse tree (type) Ceiba pentandra (type) ahai ɲe paiche giant arapaima (fish) Arapaima gigas Arapaimidae ahariri gamitana tambaqui (fish) Colossoma macropomum...
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Pollimyrus pedunculatus Stomatorhinus ater Stomatorhinus schoutedeni Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) Whiskereye clingfish (Derilissus kremnobates) Tailspot clingfish...
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the capybara, etc. Some species of fish found in the reserve are: Arapaima gigas, Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum, Phractocephalus hemiliopterus, Colossoma...
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on the reservoir. One of the largest fresh water fish in the world, arapaima gigas, was introduced to the waters in 1980. There are also other important...
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