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Indeed, a 2014 study found that the fish were depleted or overexploited at 93% of the sites examined and well-managed or unfished in only 7%; the fish appeared to be extirpated in 19% of these sites. [31] [32] The status of the arapaima population in the Amazon River Basin is unknown, hence it is listed on the IUCN red list as data deficient.
Arapaima gigas, also known simply as Arapaima, 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.
A massive species of fish that used to dominate the Amazon river is quickly dying out in several areas. A recent study of fishing communities in the state of Amazonas, Brazil found the giant ...
The Amazon basin is the largest drainage basin in the world, with an area of approximately 7,000,000 km 2 ... of Arapaima fishing at the Amazon river. The arapaima ...
A large alligator gar, the largest freshwater fish in North America The largest of the gar, and the largest entirely freshwater fish in North America, is the alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula). The largest gar ever known, caught in Louisiana in 1925, was 3 m (9.8 ft) in length and weighed 137 kg (302 lb). [1] Anglerfish (Lophiiformes)
Thousands of fish species — about 2,500 of them named — call the Amazon River home, but scientists estimate nearly half of the marine creatures lurking in the massive stretch of water remain ...
Pages in category "Fish of the Amazon basin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 368 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A video shared online shows the scale of these 20-foot-long (6.1-meter-long) reptiles as one of the researchers, Dutch biologist Freek Vonk, swims alongside a giant 200-kilo (441-pound) specimen.