The arapaima, pirarucu, or paiche (Arapaima gigas) is a South American tropical freshwater fish. It is one of the largest freshwater fish in the world. Species A. gigas is the only generally-recognized species of the genus Arapaima. In 1829, Swiss biologist Louis Agassiz produced a monograph of another proposed species found in the Brazilian Amazon and named A. agassizii in 1847. Other proposed species include A. arapaima from Guyana and A. mapae from northeastern Brazil. Anatomy and morphology Arapaima c
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