A keystone species of the Amazon River ecosystem, the arapaima is a powerful predator known by many names. Mike Bock Reaching up to 10 feet (3 meters) long and weighing 440 pounds (200 kilograms), ...
High market demand led to declining numbers and a ban on arapaima fishing in the late 1990s, though illegal poaching for the black market continued. According to a recent paper, the co-management ...
Deep in the vast rivers and flooded forests of the Amazon Basin, there lives a fish that appears to be prehistoric in both size and appearance. The arapaima, also called the “pirarucu,” is one of the ...