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The diet of the arapaima consists of fish and other small animals, including birds. The fish is an air-breather, using its swim bladder, which is rich in blood vessels and opens into the fish's mouth, an advantage in oxygen-deprived water that is often found in the Amazon River. This fish is therefore able to survive extensive drought periods by gulping air and burrowing in the mud or sand of the swamps. The arapaima has also been introduced for fishing in Thailand and Malaysia. It is also considered an aquarium fish, although it obviously requires a large tank and ample resources.

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  • Arapaima gigas
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  • The diet of the arapaima consists of fish and other small animals, including birds. The fish is an air-breather, using its swim bladder, which is rich in blood vessels and opens into the fish's mouth, an advantage in oxygen-deprived water that is often found in the Amazon River. This fish is therefore able to survive extensive drought periods by gulping air and burrowing in the mud or sand of the swamps. The arapaima has also been introduced for fishing in Thailand and Malaysia. It is also considered an aquarium fish, although it obviously requires a large tank and ample resources.
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Familia
Status
  • DD
downloaded
  • 2006-05-06(xsd:date)
Name
  • Arapaima
status system
  • iucn2.3
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ordo
subfamilia
Species
  • A. gigas
  • gigas
Title
  • Arapaima gigas
Genus
  • Arapaima
Month
  • 10(xsd:integer)
binomial authority
binomial
  • Arapaima gigas
ID
  • 1991(xsd:integer)
assessors
  • World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Image width
  • 250(xsd:integer)
classis
Phylum
regnum
  • Animalia
Year
  • 1996(xsd:integer)
  • 2005(xsd:integer)
abstract
  • The diet of the arapaima consists of fish and other small animals, including birds. The fish is an air-breather, using its swim bladder, which is rich in blood vessels and opens into the fish's mouth, an advantage in oxygen-deprived water that is often found in the Amazon River. This fish is therefore able to survive extensive drought periods by gulping air and burrowing in the mud or sand of the swamps. The arapaima has also been introduced for fishing in Thailand and Malaysia. It is also considered an aquarium fish, although it obviously requires a large tank and ample resources. Fossils of arapaima or a very similar species have been found in the Miocene Villavieja Formation of Colombia. The tongue of this fish is thought to have medicinal qualities in South America. It is dried and combined with guarana bark, which is grated and mixed into water. Doses of this are given to kill intestinal worms.
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