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Arapaima

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The arapaima, pirarucu, or paiche are any large species of bonytongue in the genus Arapaima native to the Amazon and Essequibo basins of South America. [1]

81 relations: Acre (state), African arowana, Alligator gar, Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve, Amazon basin, Amazon River, Amazonian cuisine, Antimary River, Aquatic animal, Araguaia River, Arapaima gigas, Arapaima leptosoma, Arapaimidae, Ark of Taste, Arowana, Avilon Zoo, Beluga (sturgeon), Cambeba, Cantão, Central Restaurante, Community-based monitoring, Crocodilia, Cuniã Ecological Station, Cutias, D.O.M. (restaurant), Denver Zoo, Evolution of fish, Extreme Fishing with Robson Green, Fauna of Colombia, Faunia, Hélder Queiroz, Honda Group, Colombia, Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, Juane, Kanuku Mountains, Laventan, List of apex predators, List of common fish names, List of fishes of Florida, List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colombia, List of Iron Chef America episodes, List of Kamen Rider Agito characters, List of largest fish, List of The Octonauts episodes, Living fossil, London Zoo, Mami Wata, Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, National Zoological Park (United States), Natural History Museum, Vienna, ..., Newport Aquarium, Occithrissops, Omagua, Opsithrissops, Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, Osteichthyes, Osteoglossiformes, Osteoglossomorpha, Pedro Miguel Schiaffano, Peruvian cuisine, Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, Potamotrygonidae, Rhizodus, River Monsters, Rupununi, Sea Life Minnesota Aquarium, Shanghai Ocean Aquarium, Short-tailed river stingray, Singapore Zoo, Sorubim, South American land mammal age, Spawn (biology), Tambaqui, Tennessee Aquarium, The Jeff Corwin Experience, Thrissops, Toba Aquarium, Underwater World, Singapore, Vancouver Aquarium, Wildlife of Brazil, 63 Seaworld. Expand index (31 more) »

Acre (state)

Acre is a state located in the northern region of Brazil.

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African arowana

The African arowana, Nile arowana (Heterotis niloticus), is a species of bonytongue.

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Alligator gar

The alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) is a ray-finned euryhaline fish related to the bowfin in the infraclass Holostei (ho'-las-te-i).

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Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve

Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve (Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Amanã) is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

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Amazon basin

The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries.

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Amazon River

The Amazon River (or; Spanish and Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and either the longest or second longest.

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Amazonian cuisine

Amazonian cuisine includes the foods and preparation methods of various peoples in the Amazon jungle of South America, including the dishes they have popularized among neighbors.

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Antimary River

The Antimary River (Rio Antimary), also called the Antimari River, is a river that flows through the states of Acre and Amazonas in Brazil.

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Aquatic animal

A aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in the water for most or all of its lifetime.

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Araguaia River

The Araguaia River (Rio Araguaia) is one of the major rivers of Brazil, though it is almost equal in volume at its confluence with the Tocantins.

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Arapaima gigas

Arapaima gigas, also known as pirarucu, is a species of arapaima native to the basin of the Amazon River.

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Arapaima leptosoma

Arapaima leptosoma is a species of freshwater fish endemic to near the confluence of the Solimões and Purus Rivers in Amazonas, Brazil.

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Arapaimidae

Arapaimidae is a family of freshwater osteoglossiform fishes known as the bonytongues.

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Ark of Taste

The Ark of Taste is an international catalogue of endangered heritage foods which is maintained by the global Slow Food movement.

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Arowana

Arowanas are freshwater bony fish of the family Osteoglossidae, also known as bonytongues (the latter name is now often reserved for Arapaimidae).

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Avilon Zoo

Avilon Zoo is a zoo located in Barrio San Isidro, Rodriguez, Rizal, Philippines.

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Beluga (sturgeon)

The beluga or European sturgeon (Huso huso) is a species of anadromous fish in the sturgeon family (Acipenseridae) of order Acipenseriformes.

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Cambeba

The Cambeba people (also known as the Omagua, Umana, and Kambeba) are an indigenous people in Brazil's Amazon Basin.

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Cantão

Cantão is a tropical forest ecosystem located in the central Araguaia river basin, the southeastern edge of the Amazon biome, in the Brazilian state of Tocantins.

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Central Restaurante

Central Restaurante is a restaurant located in the Miraflores District, Lima, Peru.

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Community-based monitoring

Community-based monitoring (CBM) is a form of public oversight, ideally driven by local information needs and community values, to increase the accountability and quality of social services such as health, development aid, or to contribute to the management of natural resources.

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Crocodilia

Crocodilia (or Crocodylia) is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic archosaurian reptiles, known as crocodilians.

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Cuniã Ecological Station

Cuniã Ecological Station (Estação Ecológica de Cuniã is a strictly protected ecological station in the states of Amazonas and Rondônia, Brazil. It preserves an area of savannah parkland on the border of the Amazon rainforest. The conservation unit is rich in lakes and ponds, and serves as a nursery for various species of fish.

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Cutias

Cutias (Portuguese: Município de Cutias do Araguari), formally known as Cutias do Araguari, is a municipality located in the southeast of the state of Amapá in Brazil.

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D.O.M. (restaurant)

D.O.M. is a Brazilian cuisine restaurant in São Paulo run by Brazilian chef Alex Atala.

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Denver Zoo

The Denver Zoo is an facility located in City Park of Denver, Colorado, United States.

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Evolution of fish

The evolution of fish began about 530 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion.

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Extreme Fishing with Robson Green

Extreme Fishing with Robson Green is a factual entertainment show broadcast on Channel 5.

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Fauna of Colombia

The fauna of Colombia is characterized by a high biodiversity, with the highest rate of species by area unit worldwide.

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Faunia

Faunia is a zoo and a botanical garden located in Madrid.

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Hélder Queiroz

Hélder Lima de Queiroz is a Brazilian conservation biologist, primatologist, and fish behaviorist.

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Honda Group, Colombia

The Honda Group (Grupo Honda, Tsh, Ngh) is a geological group of the Upper and Middle Magdalena Basin and the adjacent Central and Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.

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Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens

The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, located in Jacksonville, Florida, sits at the mouth of the Trout River.

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Juane

The juane is one of the main dishes of the cuisine of the Peruvian jungle and is widely consumed on June 24, the feast of St. John the Baptist (San Juan), hence the name.

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Kanuku Mountains

The Kanuku Mountains are a group of mountains in Guyana, located in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region.

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Laventan

The Laventan age is a period of geologic time (13.8 to 11.8 Ma) within the Miocene epoch of the Neogene, used more specifically with South American Land Mammal Ages.

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List of apex predators

This is a partial list of apex predators—those predators that are not preyed upon as healthy adults in the wild.

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List of common fish names

This is a list of common fish names.

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List of fishes of Florida

This article lists wide variety or diversity of fish in the lakes and oceans of the state of Florida, United States.

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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colombia

Several stratigraphic units in Colombia have provided fossils.

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List of Iron Chef America episodes

This is the list of the episodes for the American cooking television series and competition Iron Chef America, produced by Food Network.

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List of Kamen Rider Agito characters

This is a list of characters of the 2001 Japanese tokusatsu television series Kamen Rider Agito.

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List of largest fish

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List of The Octonauts episodes

This is a list of episodes of the television series The Octonauts, which is a British children's television series, produced by Silvergate Media for the BBC channel CBeebies.The Octonauts had its US premiere on the Disney Channel in January 2012.

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Living fossil

A living fossil is an extant taxon that closely resembles organisms otherwise known only from the fossil record.

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London Zoo

London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo.

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Mami Wata

Mami Wata (Mammy Water) is a water deity venerated in West, Central, and Southern Africa, and in the African diaspora in the Americas.

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Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve

The Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve (Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá) in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, near the city of Tefé, is a reserve near the village of Boca do Mamirauá.

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National Zoological Park (United States)

The National Zoological Park, commonly known as the National Zoo, is one of the oldest zoos in the United States.

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Natural History Museum, Vienna

The Natural History Museum (Naturhistorisches Museum) is a large natural history museum located in Vienna, Austria.

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Newport Aquarium

The Newport Aquarium is an aquarium located in Newport, Kentucky, United States at Newport on the Levee.

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Occithrissops

Occithrissops is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish of the Jurassic, known for its fearsome yet small appearance.

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Omagua

Omagua or Low Jungle is one of the eight Natural Regions of Peru.

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Opsithrissops

Opsithrissops (Ancient Greek: "Aspect Fish Face") is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Thanetian stage of the Paleocene epoch.

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Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan

The is an aquarium located in the ward of Minato in Osaka, Japan, near Osaka Bay.

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Osteichthyes

Osteichthyes, popularly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse taxonomic group of fish that have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue, as opposed to cartilage.

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Osteoglossiformes

Osteoglossiformes (Greek: "bony tongues") is a relatively primitive order of ray-finned fish that contains two sub-orders, the Osteoglossoidei and the Notopteroidei.

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Osteoglossomorpha

The Osteoglossomorpha are a group of bony fish in the Teleostei.

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Pedro Miguel Schiaffano

Pedro Miguel Schiaffino is a Peruvian chef who has worked to highlight the foods of the Amazon jungle and Amazonian cuisine.

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Peruvian cuisine

Peruvian cuisine reflects local practices and ingredients—including influences from the indigenous population including the Inca and cuisines brought in with immigrants from Europe (Spanish cuisine, Italian cuisine, German cuisine), Asia (Chinese cuisine and Japanese cuisine) and West Africa.

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Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium

The Pittsburgh Zoo is one of only six major zoo and aquarium combinations in the United States.

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Potamotrygonidae

River stingrays or freshwater stingrays are Neotropical freshwater fishes of the Potamotrygonidae family in the order Myliobatiformes, one of the four orders of batoids, cartilaginous fishes related to sharks.

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Rhizodus

Rhizodus (root tooth) is an extinct genus of rhizodont, a branch of the Sarcopterygii, the bony vertebrate clade that also includes tetrapods.

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River Monsters

River Monsters is a British and American wildlife documentary television programme produced for Animal Planet by Icon Films of Bristol, United Kingdom.

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Rupununi

The Rupununi is a region in the south-west of Guyana, bordering the Brazilian Amazon.

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Sea Life Minnesota Aquarium

Sea Life Minnesota Aquarium is a public aquarium located in the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States.

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Shanghai Ocean Aquarium

The Shanghai Ocean Aquarium is a public aquarium located in Shanghai, China.

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Short-tailed river stingray

The short-tailed river stingray (Potamotrygon brachyura) is a species of river stingray (family Potamotrygonidae) native to the Río de la Plata Basin in South America.

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Singapore Zoo

The Singapore Zoo, formerly known as the Singapore Zoological Gardens and commonly known locally as the Mandai Zoo, occupies on the margins of Upper Seletar Reservoir within Singapore's heavily forested central catchment area.

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Sorubim

Sorubim is a small genus of long-whiskered catfish native to tropical South America.

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South American land mammal age

The South American land mammal ages (SALMA) establish a geologic timescale for prehistoric South American fauna beginning 64.5 Ma during the Paleocene and continuing through to the Late Pleistocene (0.011 Ma).

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Spawn (biology)

Spawn is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals.

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Tambaqui

The tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) is a large species of freshwater fish in the family Serrasalmidae.

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Tennessee Aquarium

The Tennessee Aquarium is a non-profit public aquarium located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.

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The Jeff Corwin Experience

The Jeff Corwin Experience is an American wildlife documentary television program that premiered on the Animal Planet cable channel in 2000.

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Thrissops

Thrissops is an extinct genus of teleost fish from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

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Toba Aquarium

is a public aquarium, which is located in Toba, Mie, Japan.

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Underwater World, Singapore

Underwater World (Chinese: 新加坡海底世界) (13 May 1991 – 26 June 2016), also known as Underwater World Singapore Pte Ltd, was an oceanarium located on the offshore Singaporean island of Sentosa.

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Vancouver Aquarium

The Vancouver Aquarium (officially the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre) is a public aquarium located in Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Wildlife of Brazil

The wildlife of Brazil comprises all naturally occurring animals, fungi and plants in the South American country.

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63 Seaworld

63 Seaworld is an aquarium that opened in 1985 in the 63 Building, Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arapaima

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