Arapaima leptosoma l fascinating our breathing planet. A miocene fossil of the amazonian fish arapaima teleostei, arapaimidae from the magdalena river region of colombia. Arapaima leptosoma stewart, 20 primary references edit stewart, d. A flurry of social media attention recently warned that the arapaima, the largest fish in the amazon, is facing possible extinction.
Known as the pirarucu in brazil and the paiche in peru, this south america giant is one of the largest. A diver shares a tank with an adult arapaima fish at an aquarium in manaus, brazil. Arrainen barruko actinopterygii klasean sailkatzen da, arapaimidae familian. The arapaima, pirarucu, or paiche is any large species of bonytongue in the genus arapaima. The arapaima, pirarucu, or paiche is any large species of bonytongue in the genus arapaima native to the. Az arapaima leptosoma elofordulasi terulete delamerika. Arapaima leptosoma is a species of freshwater fish endemic to near the confluence of the. Arapaima arapaima gigas schinz, 1822, known as paiche in bolivia and peru and as pirarucu in brazil, is one of the most emblematic species. Like other members of the genus arapaima, this fish can breathe air. Arapaimidae includes the south american genus arapaima and the. A hatuszojan 40, a farok alatti uszojan 38 sugar van. The arapaima is becoming a more and more important species in aquaculture and this makes it very important to identify all different species and there natural range. Communitybased arapaima conservation in t university of. Arapaima leptosoma adapted from donald stewart, copeia 20.
The remarkable arapaima leptosoma is a recently discovered freshwater fish that has already been classified as threatened, due to the danger of overfishing. Arapaima leptosoma is a species of freshwater fish endemic to near the confluence of the solimoes and purus rivers in amazonas, brazil. Kisebb es karcsubb testfelepitesu, mint a tobbi faj. It has a deep caudal peduncle relative to other species in its genus. Stewart1 a new species of arapaima has been discovered from the central. In fact, both genomic probes merged only in nor sites which. If not, different species might be spread to new areas through aquaculture. Arapaima simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Coi cytochrome c oxidase subunit i partial sequences confirmed that the specimens belongs to arapaima gigas. New arapaima species arapaima leptosoma slender arapaima. In fact, both genomic probes merged only in nor sites which generally maintain high sequence conservativism 81. Chapter pdf available february 2014 with 2,286 reads how we measure reads. The arapaima, pirarucu, or paiche are several large species of bonytongue fish in the genus arapaima. The genetic diversity of the specimens of four natural populations of arapaima from araguaiatocantins basin was assessed within and among these stocks, using five primers for issr. Download scientific diagram arapaima leptosoma, holotype.
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