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pirarucu (Arapaima gigas)
Subject: pirarucu (Arapaima gigas)
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Brazil, the Amazons and the coast (1879) (14780994814).jpg
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pirarucu (Arapaima gigas)


Pirarucu (From Keller.)

Title: Brazil the Amazons and the coast
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Smith, Herbert H. (Herbert Huntington Smith), 1851-1919
Subjects: Folklore -- Brazil; Brazil -- Description and travel; Brazil -- Economic conditions; Amazon River Valley -- Description and travel
Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/brazilamazonscoa00smit/brazilamazonscoa00smit#page/n308/mode/1up
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brazil,_the_Amazons_and_the_coast_(1879)_(14780994814).jpg

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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