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Arapaima gigas ,tropical freshwater fish, Echter Knochenfisch
The arapaima, pirarucu, or paiche (Arapaima gigas) is a South American tropical freshwater fish. It is a living fossil and one of the largest freshwater fishes in the world. Arapaima can reach lengths of more than 2 m (6.6 ft), in some exceptional cases even more than 2.5 m (8.2 ft) and over 100 kg (220 lbs).
We saw these two in the Underwaterworld of Sentosa Island Singapore so tropical area.
They might have been about 2.2m long. Impressive creatures! @nana-puppet
Spotted on Feb 1, 2011
Submitted on Jul 21, 2011
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I wonder what they eat? They look like vegitrian.
Fun fact! The arapaima is one of the world's largest freshwater fish, attaining up to 9 feet in length and weighing in at a whopping 440 pounds! This Amazonian giant is also among the oldest extant fish species, dating back to the age of dinosaurs. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=...