Pirarucu or Giant Arapaima (Arapaima gigas)
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(DSC05021) At the Oceanarium "Agos" (Flow): Pirarucu or Giant Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) exclusively inhabits the Amazon River Basin of South America. This is one of the largest freshwater fish in the world. The diet of the arapaima consists of fish or even other kinds of small animals, including birds. The fish also has the ability to breathe air from the surface due to a lung-like lining of its throat, an advantage in the oxygen-deprived water that is often found in the Amazon River. The fish is therefore able to survive extensive drought periods by gulping air and burrowing in the mud or sand of the swamps. (Taken from the aquarium's adjacent signage)
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