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Arapaima.
(Arapaima gigas).
Other Common Names:
Giant Arapima.
Pirarucu.
Wararapaima.
Identification:
Forward part of upper body with large olive green scales.
Near the tail, the scales have a reddish tint with a bright red edge.
Very wide back and a sloping flat head with a overshot lower jaw.
Long and low dorsal and anal fins, near the tail.
Typical Location:
Drifting near the surface in calm water.
Resting on sandy bottom with submerged plants.
Fishing Methods:
Casting minnow lures.
Live or dead prawns, mullet, herring, telapia, catfish or fish fillet.
Fishing Khao Lak's Comment:
The second largest freshwater fish in the world.
Very difficult to land due to to their immence strength
and ability to entwine the line around snags.
Alligator Gar
| Arapaima
| Asian Redtail Catfish
| Asian River Catfish
| Barramundi
Big Head Carp
| Blue–eyed Catfish
| Bronze Featherback
| Clown Featherback
Cobra Snakehead
| Common Carp
| Common Silver Barb
| Featherback
Giant Catfish
| Giant Featherback
| Giant Gourami
| Giant Mekong Catfish
Giant Siamese Carp
| Giant Snakehead
| Golden Belly Barb
| Grass Carp
Great White Sheatfish
| Greater Brook Carp
| Hampala Barb
Jullien's Golden Price Carp
| Mozambique Tilapia
| Nandid Perch
| Nile Tilapia
Pacu
| Red Bellied Pacu
| Redtail Catfish
| Ripsaw Catfish
| Rohu
| Royal Featherback
Schwanenfeld's Barb
| Small Scale Mud Carp
| Smith's Barb
| Snakeskin Gourami
Soro Brook Carp
| Striped Catfish
| Striped Snakehead
| Tarpon
Threadfin Salmon
| Tiger Catfish
| Walking Catfish
