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SpeciesOsteoglossiformesArapaimidae
Fish

🐟Arapaima gigas

Arapaima gigas (Schinz, 1822)

巨骨舌鱼（学名：Arapaima gigas），也称象鱼、大傻鱼、彼拉魯克鱼，是巴西骨舌鱼属（Arapaima）下的其中一个物种，原生於南美洲的亞馬遜河裡，之後被引入東亞部分地區。被认为是活化石。過往本物種被認為是單型屬，但現時已發現其他同屬物種。成熟的巨骨舌鱼长度可超过2.5米，重达100公斤（迄今捕获的最重达230公斤），最長可達到4.5~6公尺，是世界上大型的淡水鱼之一。巨骨舌魚經常需要浮上水面，以呼吸空氣。

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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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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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象魚 (zh), Arapaima gigas (es), Arapaima gigas (fr), Arapaima gigas (it), arapaima (pl), Pirarucu (pt) … and 24 more languages
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