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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 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. The species is an obligate air breather, so it needs to come to the surface regularly to breathe air.
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 ...
It is a member of the arapaimas, a genus of air-breathing fish that contains some of the world's largest freshwater fish. Like other members of the genus Arapaima , this fish can breathe air. It is known only from the confluence of the Solimões and Purus Rivers in Amazonas , Brazil, although due to the lack of obvious geographic barriers, it ...
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 ...
Big-headed Amazon River turtle; Birds of the Amazon; Black agouti; Black caiman; Black-capped squirrel monkey; Black-tailed marmoset; Boa constrictor; Bolitoglossa caldwellae; Bothrops bilineatus smaragdinus; Brown agouti; Brown four-eyed opossum; Brown fruit-eating bat; Brown-throated sloth; Bush dog
The Amazon River (UK: / ˈ æ m ə z ən /, US: / ˈ æ m ə z ɒ n /; Spanish: Río Amazonas, Portuguese: Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the longest or second-longest river system in the world, a title which is disputed with the Nile.
Cambodian fishermen caught two fish in the Mekong River, measuring between 11 and 13 pounds and two to three feet long. This time researchers were able to purchase and examine the fish for themselves.