http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Arapaima&speciesname=gigas ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Arapaima&speciesname=gigas http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Arapaima&speciesname=gigas ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Arapaima&speciesname=gigas https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Arapaima&speciesname=gigas ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Arapaima-gigas.html
Arapaima gigas, Arapaima : fisheries, aquaculture, gamefish, aquarium
You can
sponsor
this page
Common name (e.g. trout)
Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua)
-
-
About this page
-
Languages
-
User feedbacks
-
Citation
-
Uploads
-
Related species
-
Arapaima
Upload your
photos
and
videos
Pictures
|
Videos |
Stamps, Coins Misc.
|
Google image
Arapaima gigas
Picture by
Lovshin, L.
Teleostei (teleosts) >
Osteoglossiformes
(Bony tongues) >
Arapaimidae
(Bonytongues)
Etymology:
Arapaima:
From tupí-guaraní, arapaima (Ref.
45335
)
.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal; pH range: 6.0 - 6.5; dH range: 10 - ?. Tropical; 25°C - 29°C (Ref.
2060
); 5°N - 11°S
South America: Amazon River basin. The active fishing of this fish has reduced both the population size, and occurrence of large individuals, especially around the populated regions of the Amazon (Ref.
50891
).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
149.5
, range 145 - 154 cm
Max length : 450 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
6398
); common length : 200 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
557
); max. published weight: 200.0 kg (Ref.
557
)
Obligate air-breathing (Ref.
126274
); Often referred to as the largest freshwater fish. Builds a nest of about 15 cm depth and 50 cm width in sandy bottoms. Spawns in April and May and guards the eggs and the young. Obligate air breather. The fish rises to the surface of the water and inspires air in a noisy, distinctive gulp, which is reported to carry for long distances (Ref.
50891
). Migrates into higher floodplain habitats with rising water and moves back eventually to lacustrine habitats during low water level (Ref.
116898
). Threatened due to over harvesting (Ref.
58490
).
Ferraris, C.J. Jr.
, 2003. Arapaimatidae (Bonytongues). p. 31. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref.
50891
)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref.
130435
)
Data deficient (DD)
; Date assessed:
01 August 1996
CITES
Appendix II:
International trade monitored
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums
FAO - Aquaculture:
production
; Fisheries:
landings
; Publication:
search
|
FishSource
|
More information
Countries
FAO areas
Ecosystems
Occurrences
Introductions
Stocks
Ecology
Diet
Food items
Food consumption
Ration
Common names
Synonyms
Metabolism
Predators
Ecotoxicology
Reproduction
Maturity
Spawning
Spawning aggregation
Fecundity
Eggs
Egg development
Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Length-frequencies
Morphometrics
Morphology
Larvae
Larval dynamics
Recruitment
Abundance
BRUVS
References
Aquaculture
Aquaculture profile
Strains
Genetics
Electrophoreses
Heritability
Diseases
Processing
Nutrients
Mass conversion
Collaborators
Pictures
Stamps, Coins Misc.
Sounds
Ciguatera
Speed
Swim. type
Gill area
Otoliths
Brains
Vision
Tools
Bio-Quiz
|
E-book
|
Field guide
|
Length-frequency wizard
|
Life-history tool
|
Point map
|
Classification Tree
|
Catch-MSY
|
Special reports
Check for Aquarium maintenance
|
Check for Species Fact Sheets
|
Check for Aquaculture Fact Sheets
Download XML
Summary page
|
Point data
|
Common names
|
Photos
Internet sources
AFORO (otoliths) |
Alien/Invasive Species database
|
Aquatic Commons
|
BHL
|
Cloffa
|
BOLDSystems
|
Websites from users
|
Check FishWatcher
|
CISTI
|
Catalog of Fishes
:
genus
,
species
|
DiscoverLife
|
ECOTOX
| FAO - Aquaculture:
production
; Fisheries:
landings
; Publication:
search
|
Faunafri
|
Fishipedia
|
Fishtrace
| GenBank:
genome
,
nucleotide
|
GloBI
|
Google Books
|
Google Scholar
|
Google
|
IGFA World Record
|
MitoFish
| OsteoBase:
skull
,
spine
|
Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes
|
Public aquariums
|
PubMed
| Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas |
Tree of Life
| Wikipedia:
Go
,
Search
|
World Records Freshwater Fishing
|
Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.5938 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 4.5 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 11.1 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2
growth studies.
Resilience (Ref.
120179
): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tm=4-6; Fec=47,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100).
Price category (Ref.
80766
):
Unknown
.
Nutrients (Ref.
124155
): Calcium = 29.9 [16.6, 81.3] mg/100g; Iron = 1.02 [0.53, 2.23] mg/100g; Protein = 16 [14, 18] %; Omega3 = 0.387 [0.140, 1.140] g/100g; Selenium = 140 [45, 346] μg/100g; VitaminA = 15.6 [3.9, 64.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.648 [0.415, 1.065] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.
Back to Search
Random Species
Back to Top
Accessed through:
Not available
FishBase mirror site :
localhost
Page last modified by :
mrius-barile
- 20 July 2016
Fatal error
: Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function checkEcotox(), 1 passed in /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php on line 2304 and exactly 3 expected in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2579 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php(2304): checkEcotox() #1 {main} thrown in
/var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php
on line
2579
|