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    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 agassizii 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 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 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...
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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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    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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    trait still present in Holostei (bowfins and gars). In some fish like the arapaima, the swim bladder has been modified for breathing air again, and in other...
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    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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    the Rupununi. Giants also lurk in the waters of the Rupununi. The arapaima (Arapaima) and the Lau-Lau (B. filamentosum) each measuring approximately 2...
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    is 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...
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    being called an "arowana", the African arowana is more closely related to arapaimas, the only other members in the subfamily Arapaiminae, than the South American...
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  • of order Perciformes) Antenna codlet (Bregmaceros atlanticus) Arapaima (genus Arapaima) Archerfish (genus Toxotes and family Toxotidae) Arctic char Armored...
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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...
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    high-altitude wetlands; arracacha, a root vegetable from the Andes; and arapaima, a freshwater fish found in the Amazon River. Chef and restaurant commentator...
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    heaviest strict freshwater fish in South America, only matched by the arapaima (Arapaima) and piraíba catfish (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum). The primary...
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  • recreational anglers. Alligator gar American paddlefish Amur catfish Amur pike Arapaima Arctic grayling Asian arowana Asp (fish) Atlantic salmon Atlantic sturgeon...
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    plants. Among these wildlife categories the most notably famous are the Arapaima, which is the world's largest scaled freshwater fish; the giant anteater...
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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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    2011[update], and approximately fifty new species are discovered each year. The arapaima, known in Brazil as the pirarucu, is a South American tropical freshwater...
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    long-spine porcupinefish and blotcheye soldierfish), Ecuador Rain Forest (arapaima, red-bellied piranhas, capybara & green iguanas), Antarctica (Adélie, gentoo...
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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...
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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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    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...
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    Wedding guest Malayalam 2019 Jeem Boom Bhaa Model Dolby Malayalam Operation Arapaima Neha Malayalam 2020 Dhamaka Lissie Malayalam Cochin Shadhi at Chennai 03...
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    Phareodusichthys Phareoides Ridewoodichthys Taverneichthys Xosteoglossid Arapaiminae Arapaima Heterotis †Joffrichthys? †Sinoglossus? †Thrissopterus Osteoglossinae †Foreyichthys...
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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...
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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)...
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    oxygen-deprived waters, such as lungfishes, mudskippers, labyrinth fishes, bichirs, arapaima and walking catfish. Their abilities to breathe atmospheric oxygen are...
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  • vulnerable species (Animalia) Anopheles gigas Apagomerina gigas Arapaima gigas, arapaima, pirarucu, or paiche, a freshwater fish Archispirostreptus gigas...
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