Conservation efforts in the Brazilian Amazon have brought a giant fish called the arapaima back from the verge of extinction, National Geographic reported. A decade ago, the arapaima, which can ...

Giant freshwater fish are among the most endangered animals on Earth. But in the lush waterways of the Amazon, one leviathan is swimming against the current.. Meet the arapaima, a fish capable of ...

This is the shocking moment a giant arapaima fish leapt from a tank and startled a feeder. The woman held a small fish above the aquarium, where two huge fish with armor-like scales waited for her ...

Reaching up to 10 feet (3 meters) long and weighing 440 pounds (200 kilograms), arapaima are the largest freshwater fish in South America—and an important species in the Amazon River ecosystem.

That makes it easier to locate and catch pirarucu — also known as arapaima or paiche — that can grow to be 10-feet long, weigh up to 450 pounds and are prized for their meat. Their constant ...

Other possible contenders for biggest fish included the air-breathing arapaima, which dwells in South America’s Amazon Basin, and the wels catfish, Europe’s largest freshwater fish and a ...

The arapaima is a predatory fish native to the Amazon, but one was found dead on the shore of Jaycee Park in Cape Coral. That’s a long, long way from the Amazon river in South America, ...

Arapaima fish are one of the world's largest freshwater species, capable of growing up to 15ft long and weighing 440lbs. They are found in the rainforest rivers of South America's Amazon Basin and ...

According to the owner of the aquarium over six years the fish managed to grow to 5.2ft and was worth more than RMB 50,000 (£5,400). Arapaima fish, can become irritable in artificial environments ...

Arapaima are “among the largest known freshwater fish species with sizes up to 14 feet and 440 pounds,” the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports.

Reaching up to 10 feet (3 meters) long and weighing 440 pounds (200 kilograms), arapaima are the largest freshwater fish in South America—and an important species in the Amazon River ecosystem.