When.com Web Search

  1. Ad

    related to: giant fish of the amazon

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Arapaima - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arapaima

    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. Arapaima is the type genus of the subfamily Arapaiminae within the family Osteoglossidae. [1] [2] [3] They are among the world's largest freshwater fish, reaching as much as 3 m (9.8 ft) in ...

  3. Arapaima gigas - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arapaima_gigas

    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.

  4. Why the Amazon's biggest fish is quickly going extinct - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/2014-08-14-why-the-amazons...

    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 ...

  5. Megalodoras uranoscopus - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalodoras_uranoscopus

    The giant talking catfish or giant raphael catfish (Megalodoras uranoscopus) is a species of thorny catfish that is native to the Amazon Basin in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. This species grows to a length of 60 centimetres (24 in) SL (for a female specimen) and a maximum weight of 4.6 kilograms (10 lb).

  6. 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 ...

  7. List of largest fish - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_fish

    This fish can range up to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) and weigh 7 kg (15 lb). [73] Seahorses and allies (Syngnathiformes) The largest of this diverse order is the red cornetfish (Fistularia petimba), a long, thin species found in all tropical oceans. This fish can reach a length of 2 m (6.6 ft) and a weight of 4.65 kg (10.3 lb). [73]

  8. Why giant goldfish are storming America's Great Lakes and ...

    www.aol.com/news/why-giant-goldfish-storming...

    Giant goldfish are appearing more often in the Great Lakes and freshwater lakes. ... says he’s caught roughly 10 of the giant fish on Lake Erie. ... This $29 'it bag' from Amazon rivals a ...

  9. Category:Fauna of the Amazon - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fauna_of_the_Amazon

    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