Arapaima

Apparently at 15 feet in length, the arapaima is the largest fish in the Amazon. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The arapaima is the largest freshwater fish with scales in the world. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Equally daunting is the prospect of moving a six-foot-long arapaima, a fish able to leap as high as three feet out of water. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Visitors walk through a series of geographical-themed displays that cover a range of aquatic species, from frogs in the "Highlands" display to the "Amazon Flooded Forest" section where there's a rare South American freshwater fish, a three-meter-long arapaima. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The site protects the largest array of electric fish in the world and key threatened species such as the giant arapaima fish, Amazonian manatee, black caiman and two species of river dolphin. ❋ Unknown (2008)

When we walked into the Amazon Gallery, the arapaima stopped me dead in my tracks. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Some very huge arapaima also, which are air breathing fish that grow up to fourteen feet. ❋ Unknown (2005)

According to Keyla, demand for the arapaima (Arapaima gigas), which is also known as pirarucu, or paiche has increased even further after it was in danger of extinction, leading to the establishment, by the Brazilian Environment and Renewable Natural Resource Institute ❋ Isabela Barros (2010)

"The proposal is to strengthen arapaima fishing in the region, as it was mostly made for local consumption thus far," explains the project manager of the Sebrae Pará, Keyla Reis de Oliveira. ❋ Isabela Barros (2010)

A champion of the Northern delicacy, he explains that the arapaima has no bones and that ❋ Isabela Barros (2010)

"Presently, one kilogram of arapaima fish sells for 30 Brazilian reais (US$ 17) at the market, and up to 50 reais (US$ 28.5) in supermarkets," she says. ❋ Isabela Barros (2010)

"Our new analyses indicate that there are at least four species of arapaima," Castello told ❋ Unknown (2010)

Environmentalists are especially concerned about the road's potential impact on forests that are home to animals like river otters, the 400-pound arapaima fish, even jaguars that can be glimpsed at dusk along a stretch of the road through the protected ❋ Unknown (2010)

Many of the world's largest fish species, including the Giant Mekong catfish, Pangasius gigas, the Giant Mekong stingray, Himantura chaophraya, as well as sturgeons and arapaima are ❋ Unknown (2010)