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	Arapaima - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Arapaima (Arapaima gigas), also known as the Piracucu, Pirarucu, or Paiche, is one of the world's largest freshwater fish.
		This fish is able to survive extensive drought periods by gulping air and burrowing in the mud or sand of the swamps.
		gigas inhabits, the animal's life cycle is greatly affected by the seasonal flooding that occurs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arapaima_gigas (499 words)

	Arapaima (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Arapaima is a tropical fish of the Amazon basin.
		Arapaima reach sizes of up to 15 feet in length.
		The swim bladder is open to the pharynx and the arapaima uses the bladder which is rich in blood vessels as a lung.
	www.thejump.net /id/arapaima.htm (65 words)

	Kids Zone: Arapaima
		The arapaima (air uh PYE muh) is one of the largest freshwater fishes in the world, growing up to 10 feet and weighing 330 pounds.
		For the arapaima, low-water season is a time of gorging and building fat reserves that will nourish it during the floods, when prey are dispersed through the forest and hard to find.
		Historically, the arapaima has been hunted throughout its Amazon basin range for its scales and rasoy tongue, which are used for tools, and for its tasty flesh.
	www.wildernessclassroom.com /students/archives/2005/03/arapaima.html (132 words)

	arapaima - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		ARAPAIMA [arapaima], tropical fish, Arapaima gigas, of the Amazon basin.
		The dorsal and anal fins of the arapaima are placed so far back that they appear to be part of the tail fin, giving a massive appearance to the posterior region.
		The arapaima uses its fins to hollow out a nest in clear, shallow, sandy-bottomed areas.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/a/arapaima.asp (309 words)

	PTC Aquarium Fish Species
		It is perhaps the largest of the strictly freshwater fishes, reportedly reaching a length of 15 ft (4.5 m), but averaging 7 to 8 ft (2–2.4 m) in length and 200 lb (90 kg) in weight.
		The Arapaima (Arapaima gigas), also known as the Piracucu or Paiche, is the world's largest freshwater fish.
		All species are large, and the Arapaima is a contender for the world's largest fish.
	www.ptcmetrology.com /Metrology_fishtech.html (424 words)

	arapaima - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		It is perhaps the largest of the strictly freshwater fishes, reportedly reaching a length of 15 ft (4.5 m), but averaging 7 to 8 ft (2-2.4 m) in length and 200 lb (90 kg) in weight.
		The swim bladder, as in all members of the order Clupeiformes, is open to the pharynx; in the arapaima it is rich in blood vessels and serves as a lung.
		It is a graceful swimmer despite its bulk, and it is valued as an aquarium fish as well as for food.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-arapaima.html (309 words)

	Iwokrama Forest \| Arapaima
		In Guyana, Arapaimas are found mainly in the Essequibo and Rupununi River systems in central areas of Guyana, as well as the Amazon River Basin.
		Today, the scarcity of Arapaima is reason for concern for local Amerindians because the fish represented an important income source in a poverty stricken local economy.
		As a continuation of the Arapaima Research surveys concluded in 2001, a Management Plan for Arapaima was developed with local communities that would allow for the local Arapaima population to recover while local fishermen continue harvesting.
	www.iwokrama.org /forest/animals/arapaima.htm (513 words)

	Our World Of Animals - Animal Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The arapaima is the largest freshwater fish in South America.
		Unlike many other fish that breathe by absorbing oxygen from the water that passes over their gills, arapaimas breathe air from the atmosphere at the water's surface.
		This means that in order to breathe, arapaimas must return to the surface once every 5 - 20 minutes, depending on their size.
	www.houstonzoo.org /Animal/viewAnimalDetail.asp?scriptaction=showanimal&Animal_Preview_Flag=0&animal_ID=91 (197 words)

	PD/A CRSP Aquanews-Summer 2002
		It lives in lagoons and in the large rivers of the vast Amazon region in water with slightly acid pH that is typically fl in color (owing to the presence of abundant decomposing plant material).
		gigas is the result of intense capture pressure that the species has been under in its natural habitat.
		The A. gigas juveniles (25 cm average total length) are coming from the natural reproduction of pond-raised broodstock held in IIAP Quistacocha and Pucallpa facilities, Peru.
	pdacrsp.oregonstate.edu /aquanews/fall2002/p13.html (1012 words)

	Iwokrama throws lifeline to Arapaima
		With the help of the Centre the status of the endangered Arapaima is beginning to see improvement, with a recent increase in number, although it is still under threat from the influx of persons travelling the road to Lethem.
		He added that a series of counts done on Arapaima, the largest freshwater fish in South America, indicated that the population is growing, though at least one person in the North Rupununi area begs to differ.
		Stabroek News learnt that as recently as the beginning of 2001, Arapaima rearing in Massara, one of the communities near to Iwokrama, was not sustainable, and with the community realising that fish farming required input, persons have since constructed a small pond.
	www.landofsixpeoples.com /news402/ns405319.htm (3944 words)

	biggest freshwater fish \|giant catfish \| world record catfish \| big fish
		It is said that the largest freshwater fish in the world lives, of course, in the largest freshwater river in the world - the Amazon River in South America.
		Arapaima, also known locally as Pirarucu, Arapaima gigas are believed to be the largest, exclusively fresh water fish in the world.
		Arapaima are, like sturgeon, a very primitive form of fish covered in very large, bony-like scales.
	www.extremescience.com /BiggestFreshwaterFish.htm (435 words)

	Growfish - Gippsland Aquaculture Industry Network (GAIN)
		The Arapaima (Arapaima gigas), also known as the Pirarucú or Paiche, is the world's largest freshwater fish.
		Today Arapaima are increasingly raised on fish-farms as part of integrated conservation and development projects or stand alone commercial operations.
		The Arapaima is just one of several species that, through fish-farming, can provide protein and economic opportunities for rural poor in the Amazon region.
	www.growfish.com.au /content.asp?ContentId=4178 (624 words)

	FISHING ADVENTURES THAILAND
		Arapaima gigas or Pirarucu is an introduced species from the Amazon.
		I had a vague idea of how the catfishing would turn out, but I can honestly say the sight of seeing the Arapaima hunting in the corner of the lake was staggering.
		We dropped the live baitfish in a corner of the lake known to be Arapaima territory.
	www.anglingthailand.com /awards21.htm (650 words)

	Arapaima Facts - National Zoo\| FONZ
		One of the largest freshwater fish in the world, the arapaima is a torpedo-shaped fl fish with red markings.
		Range and Habitat: The arapaima is found in the Amazon and Orinoco River drainage of South America.
		Fun Fact: Arapaima are very unfishlike in that they are air breathers that stay submerged for 10 to 20 minutes at a time.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Animals/Amazonia/Facts/arapaimafacts.cfm (239 words)

	The Dallas World Aquarium
		Arapaimas (Arapaima gigas), also known as Pirarucu, Paiche or Bony tongue, are one of the largest, strictly freshwater fishes in the world.
		Arapaimas often reach lengths of more than 12 feet (3.7 m) and weigh over 400 pounds (181 kg).
		Although large in size, they are graceful swimmers, often gliding near the surface of the water, breathing air every 10 - 15 minutes.
	www.dwazoo.com /r_river2t4.html (427 words)

	Iwokrama Business \| Arapaima
		The Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) is one of the most sought after fish species in South America, especially Amazonia.
		Brazilian fishing communities using this system were able to increase the Arapaima population by 300% over the last three years and to increase the fishermen's profit by 100%.
		The main features of the draft North Rupununi Arapaima management plan are that local fishermen are organized as Fisheries Committees that are responsible for counting the number of Arapaima in the lakes every year and determining conservative fishing quotas that would be shared among the fishermen.
	www.iwokrama.org /business/arapaima.htm (481 words)

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		The Arapaima Gigas is also known as the Pirarucu, and inhabits the waters of the Amazon Basin, South America.
		The Arapaima Gigas requires a 1,000-gallon or larger aquarium with a fine gravel bottom, and plenty of swimming room.
		Therefore, it is imperative that there is enough room at the surface of the water and a vented canopy for these fish to breathe.
	www.liveaquaria.com /product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1985 (389 words)

	How to Catch a Pirarucú (Arapaima Gigas) - Associated Content
		Imagine reeling in a fish that is averagely six feet long and weighs a whooping 200+ lbs.
		Arapaima commonly known as paiche, pirarucú, or bony tongue belongs to an ancient family of fish called Osteoglossiformes.
		The locals have been fishing the arapaima for a long while, back to ancient times.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/10421/how_to_catch_a_piraruc_arapaima_gigas.html (427 words)

	Arapaima Gigas Photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		These two very excellent photos of Arapaima Gigas copied from the web; the original source is unknown.
		The Arapaima Gigas can grow to a length exceeding 8 feet.
		The photo below of an Arapaima Gigas is posted in several places on the web.
	www.anythingfish.com /images/Ted/PhotoGallery/ArapaimaGigas.htm (43 words)

	The Arapaima (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Arapaima is truly the giant of the aquarium world.
		Because of its large size, the giant Arapaima is obviously best suited to a public aquarium.
		The Arapaima should be allowed a period of fasting every week.
	www.aquariacentral.com /fishinfo/fresh/arapaima.shtml (292 words)

	Fishing in Thailand for Arapaima
		Usually with a livebait, fishing similar to that in UK for Pike fishing, but beefed up for the Arapaima, to boat rods and larger baits.
		A difficult species to catch, although a number of large Arapaima have come out of Bungsam Lan over the 200LB mark, the largest being 405LB, well over the current IGFA record.
		Smaller fish in the high doubles are their to be caught too.
	siamfishingtours.com /arapiama.html (146 words)

	Resources on Arapaima academic institutions
		PD/A CRSP Aquanews-Summer 2002: Arapaima Pond Culture by the Small-Scale Fish Producers of the Peruvian Amazon.
		Species, freshwater: The arapaima, (Arapaima gigas) which is reported to reach a length of 15 feet and
		This is a strike of a South American pirarucu (Arapaima gigas).
	mongabay.org /conservation/Arapaima.htm (374 words)

	MavicaNET - Arapaimidae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A tropical South American fish, Arapaima gigas, the largest freshwater fish known, which grows up to a length of 4 m (13.2 feet).
		The Arapaima is listed as endangered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
		This family of osteoglossids, 'boney-tongued' fish, has only a single Amazonian member, the well known Arapaima gigas.
	www.mavicanet.com /lite/fin/25278.html?sortby=6 (332 words)

	Pirarucu: WhoZoo
		Native people use the dry scales of the fish as sand paper, the tongue as a grater and the meat serves a delicious dish locally known as Arapaima.
		The Amazon Indians tried to catch this huge fish and found it difficult because of the lack of metal-tipped harpoons.
		The fish spends most of its time cruising around the aquarium with winding body motions.
	www.whozoo.org /Intro98/paomora/pirarucu2.htm (586 words)

	2400 gallon Arapaima Gigas Tank - MonsterFishKeepers
		I had been feeding some gold fish but given the risks and the fact that the fish would eat about 50 at a time, the dry food seems more sane but not as much fun.
		The King and Queen of the tank are a pair of Arapaima gigas currently approx 26 inches and growing quickly.
		Is the webcam located on the bottom or something like that, because I have been watching the cam for about 20-30 minutes now and I havent seen anything that looks like a arapaima gigias,except a little jard.
	www.monsterfishkeepers.com /forums/showthread.php?t=1777 (1525 words)

	Arapaima - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)

The Arapaima gigas is the world's largest freshwater fish.

It can reach lengths of up to 4.5m and weigh up to 200 kg.

This page was last modified 16:43, 24 Nov 2004 by Indopedia user User:.

www.indopedia.org /Arapaima.html (151 words)

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		Well, now it's only 14 inches long but it can grow up to 7-8 feet long if it is given enough space.
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	Fishing Adventures: Bung Sam Lan Lake - www.wildasia.net
		Thirty-five specimens of the world biggest freshwater predator fish, the Arapaima gigas, have been stocked (some as long as 17 years ago) at Bung Sam Lan but only 6 of them have ever been caught by anglers at that lake.
		We are proud to have landed the 2 last ones (also in the last 3 years we have hooked Arapaima specimens over 40 times.
		In December 2000, we helped Arnout Terlouw, a well known Dutch globe trotter angler, fishing writer and editor of the prestigious magazine Karper, to catch an Arapaima gigas estimated at 110 kg.
	www.wildasia.net /main/article.cfm?articleID=100 (1218 words)

	Pets.com.sg - Arapaima Gigas in SG (A.K.A Ju Long) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Pets.com.sg - Arapaima Gigas in SG (A.K.A Ju Long)
		If it does then it will be a happy animal because the pond is a favourite spot for people to abandon their terrapins.
		Well, other day I went there I saw something...seem like fish with tiger strip but in fl and white...not sure what is it water is too green.
	www.pets.com.sg /forums/printthread.php?t=9701 (231 words)

	ArapaimaFAQs
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		This fish should only be kept by public aquariums with the facilities, time money and space to properly provide for this fish for the many many years.-Chuck>
		I just have a quick question regarding the typical (or not so typical, whichever the case may be) behavior of a juvenile Arapaima gigas we've gotten in at the store I work at.
	www.wetwebmedia.com /FWSubWebIndex/arapaimafaqs.htm (929 words)

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