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pirarucu (Arapaima gigas)
Subject: pirarucu (Arapaima gigas)
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pirarucu (Arapaima gigas)


Arapaima
Date 1898
Source Guide to the galleries of reptiles and fishes of the British Museum
Author W H Flower (Sir William Henry Flower KCB FRCS FRS, 1831 – 1899)
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The pirarucu or giant arapaima (Arapaima gigas) is a species of arapaima native to the basin of the Amazon River. It is among the largest freshwater fish. Arapaima gigas is an obligate air-breather and needs to come to the surface regularly to gulp air.

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