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Arapaima gigas

Photo by JordiPrats
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Description:

Big fish can be up to 4,5m and 150kg.
Originaly from South Africa has been introduced in Malaysia and Thailand for fishing

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Comments (5)

Interesting Machi, thanks for share, with this big fishes arround the local fishes and ecosytem should be in danger
Arapimas have been introduced to Malaysia for fishing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arapaima#Importance_to_humans
looks like an Arapaima gigas, but after check wikipedia it just can be found in Suth America, right?, not in Malaysia...?
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PublishedOctober 21, 2014

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