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SpeciesOsteoglossiformesArapaimidae
Fish

🐟Arapaima gigas

Arapaima gigas (Schinz, 1822)

Arapaima gigas, communément appelé Arapaïma, Pirarucu ou Paiche, est une espèce de poissons d'eau douce de la famille des Arapaimidae, vivant en Amazonie. C'est le plus gros poisson d'eau douce d'Amérique du Sud et c'est un des dix plus gros poissons d'eau douce de la planète.

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Also called
Arapaima, Pirarucu
Conservation status
DDData deficient

IUCN Red List assessment, 1996.

Key measurements
Body mass
200 kg
Body length
2 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Arapaima gigas

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
200 kgmaximum recorded
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Body length
2 mrecord 4.5 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

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Trophic level
3.46
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Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.46 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Volume l
200 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Arapaima gigas yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderOsteoglossiformes
  4. ›familyArapaimidae
  5. ›genusArapaima
  6. ›speciesArapaima gigas
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. orderOsteoglossiformes
  3. familyOsteoglossidae
  4. genusArapaima
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderOsteoglossiformes
  10. familyOsteoglossidae
  11. genusArapaima
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