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Arapaima
Arapaima
(Arapaima gigas)
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Also known as:
Pirarucu
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Osteoglossiformes
Family
Osteoglossidae
Genus
Arapaima
(1)
Size
Length: up to 3 m
(2)
Weight
up to 200 kg
(2)
Status
Classified as Data Deficient (DD) on the IUCN Red List
(1)
and listed on Appendix II of CITES
(3)
.
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