lead too short date September 2011 Taxobox name Arapaima status VU status system iucn3.1 status ref ref name iucn IUCN2008 assessors World Conservation Monitoring Centre year 1996 id 1991 title Arapaima ... genus Arapaima genus authority Johannes Peter M ller J. P. M ller , 1843 species A. gigas binomial Arapaima gigas binomial authority Heinrich Rudolf Schinz Schinz , 1822 The arapaima , pirarucu , or paiche Arapaima gigas is a South America n tropical fresh water freshwater fish. It is a living fossil and one of the largest freshwater fish es in the world. Anatomy and morphology Image Arapaima gigas 2009 G2.jpg thumb left Arapaima shown in its full length. Arapaima can reach lengths of more ... . ref ref http animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu site accounts information Arapaima gigas.html ADW Arapaima gigas Information ref comes from a single second hand report from the first half of the nineteenth ... arapaima of more than 2 m are seldom found in the wild today. Fishing Commercial fishing of the arapaima ..., or harvesting by native peoples for consumption. Because the arapaima produces large, boneless fish ... from 1918 to 1924, the height of its commercial fishing. The demand for the arapaima has led to farming ... episode name Unhooked , Animal Planet, 16 July 2010 10AM PDT. ref Ecology The diet of the arapaima .... Reproduction Due to the geographic range that arapaima inhabit, the animal s life cycle is greatly affected by the seasonal flood ing that occurs. The arapaima lays its eggs during the months when the water ... is regulated seasonally. The arapaima male is supposed to be a mouthbrooder , like its relative the Osteoglossum , meaning the young are protected in its mouth until they are older. The female arapaima ... arapaima have been seen secreting a white substance from a gland in the head and that their young have been noted seemingly feeding on the substance. Evolutionary history Fossils of arapaima or a very ... fish Arapaima Teleostei, Arapaimidae from the Magdalena River region of Colombia Biogeographic ... more details
Taxobox image Arapaima gigas.jpg image width 240px image caption ArapaimaArapaima gigas regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata superclassis Osteichthyes classis Actinopterygii subclassis Neopterygii infraclassis Teleostei superordo Osteoglossomorpha superordo authority Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers, 1966 subdivision ranks Order biology Order s subdivision Hiodontiformes br Osteoglossiformes br and see text Image Allothrissops 1.jpg thumb right 240px Specimen of the primitive bulldog fish Allothrissops Osteoglossomorpha is a group of bony fish in the Teleostei . Notable members A notable member is the ArapaimaArapaima gigas , the largest freshwater fish in South America and one of the very largest bony fishes alive. Other notable members include the bizarre freshwater elephantfish es Mormyridae . Systematics Most osteoglossomorph lineages are extinct today. Only the somewhat diverse bone tongues Osteoglossiformes and two species of mooneye s Hiodontiformes remain. ref See references in Haaramo 2008 ref div float left col begin width 70 col 1 of 2 Basal evolution Basal and incertae sedis Extinct Family Juiquanichthyidae small Ma, 1984 small Family Kuyangichthidae small Liu, Ma & Liu, 1982 small Family Lycopteridae small Liu, Su, Huang & Chang, 1963 small Genus Jiaohichthys Genus Jinanichthys Genus Liaoxiichthys Genus Nierrkunia Genus Paralycoptera small Chang & Chou, 1977 small Genus Suziichthys Order Ichthyodectiformes small Bardeck & Sprinkle, 1969 small &ndash bulldog fish es Extinct Basal and incertae sedis Genus Ascalabothrissops small Arratia, 2000 small Genus Chiromystus Genus Occithrissops Genus Pachythrissops tentatively placed here Family Allothrissopidae small Patterson & Rosen, 1977 small Family Thryptodontidae tentatively placed here Suborder Ichthyodectoidei small Romer, 1966 small Family Ichthyodectidae Order Hiodontiformes Basal and incertae sedis Extinct Genus Chetungichthys small Chang & Chou, 1977 small Genus Plesiolycoptera Genus Yanbiania Family Hiodontidae ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 The Kanuku Mountains are a group of mountains in Guyana , located in the Upper Takutu Upper Essequibo region. The name means forest in the Wapishana language, a reference to the rich diversity of wildlife found there. The Eastern Kanuku Mountains and the Western Kanuku Mountains are separated by the Rupununi River . The lowland forests sustain 60 of all the known bird species in Guyana. 150 mammal species, or 80 of all mammals found in Guyana, live in the Kanuku Mountains. Prominent species include the Giant otter , the Harpy eagle and the Arapaima . The Kanuku Mountains rise to almost 3,000 ft. Concern for the fate of the wildlife of the Kanuku Mountains was raised by the recent completion of the road system linking coastal Guyana with the interior and the Brazilian frontier. The road passes close to the Kanukus and is a potential source of unsustainable resource exploitation. ref cite web url http www.conservation.org Documents RAP Reports 1991 Guyana West Kanukus RAP.pdf title 1991 Guyana West Kanukus RAP format PDF date accessdate 1993 07 01 ref Coord 3 12 N 59 35 W region GY type mountain display title Reflist Category Mountains of Guyana Guyana geo stub bg lt Kanuku kalnai ... more details
Taxobox name Thrissops image Thrissops cf formosus 01.jpg image caption Thrissops formosus fossil range Fossil range Late Jurassic Late Cretaceous regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata classis Actinopterygii superordo Osteoglossomorpha ordo Ichthyodectiformes familia Ichthyodectidae genus Thrissops genus authority Agassiz, 1833 Thrissops is an extinct genus of teleost fish from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Image Thrissops subovatus cm4030.jpg thumb left Thrissops subovatus Thrissops was a fast predatory fish about convert 60 cm in long, that fed on other bony fish . It had a streamlined body with a deeply cleft tail and only very small pelvic fin s. Thrissops was related to the giant Xiphactinus and may have been an ancestor of the modern Osteoglossiformes , the most primitive group of living teleosts, which includes the arapaima . ref name EoDP cite book editor Palmer, D. year 1999 title The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals publisher Marshall Editions location London page 39 isbn 1 84028 152 9 ref References reflist portal Paleontology Category Pachycormiformes Category Jurassic fish Category Ichthyodectidae paleo rayfinned fish stub it Thrissops ... more details
About the region the native inhabitants sometimes called the Omagua Cambeba For the language Omagua language Omagua or Low Jungle is one of the eight ref name Pulgar Vidal 1940 Natural Regions of Peru . It is located between 80 and 400 m above sea level in the Amazon rainforest . In this region, there are a lot of rivers that create meander s, swamp s and lagoon s. The flora includes trees like Cedro Cedrela odorata cedar , Arecaceae palms e.g. genus Phytelephas , and Shapaja Attalea genus Attalea butyracea . There are also plants like the Cattleya rex , a species of Orchidaceae orchid . File Arapaima049.JPG thumb right The Arapaima, a fish found in the rivers of the Amazon. The fauna includes animals like the Capybara which is the biggest rodent in the world , the Giant Armadillo , the Jaguar , the Giant Otter , and the Red Brocket Deer . There are also numerous species of birds, including the White throated Toucan , the Hoatzin , and the Red and green Macaw . Animals that live in the water include the Arapaima , and the Amazonian Manatee . ref name Pulgar Vidal 1940 Pulgar Vidal, Javier Geograf a del Per Las Ocho Regiones Naturales del Per . Edit. Universo S.A., Lima 1979. First Edition his dissertation of 1940 Las ocho regiones naturales del Per , Bolet n del Museo de historia natural Javier Prado , n especial, Lima, 1941, 17, pp. 145 161. ref Overview Andean Continental Divide class wikitable Westside Eastside Chala , dry coast Lowland tropical rainforest or Selva baja Yunga Maritime Yungas Maritime Yungas Highland tropical rainforest or Rupa Rupa Selva alta Yunga Maritime Yungas Maritime Yungas Subtropical cloud forest or Yunga Fluvial Yungas Fluvial Yungas Quechua geography Quechua Montane valleys Quechua geography Quechua Montane valleys Tree line Tree line about 3,500 m Suni geography Suni , scrubs and agriculture Suni geography Suni , scrubs and agriculture Mountain Top Mountain passes 4,100 m Puna grassland Andean alpine desert Snow line about 5,000 m Jan ... more details
Osteoglossidae Subfamily Heterotidinae Genus ArapaimaArapaima or pirarucu, Arapaima gigas small ... leading to the arapaima and African arowana diverged about 220 million years ago, during ... more details
Infobox scientist name Helder Lima de Queiroz image filename only image size caption birth date unknown birth place Bel m , Brazil death date death place residence Tef , Brazil citizenship Brazilian nationality ethnicity fields Conservation biology workplaces Mamirau Institute for br Sustainable Development alma mater St. Andrews University , br Scotland doctoral advisor Anne E. Magurran academic advisors Jos M rcio Corr a Ayres doctoral students notable students known for Arapaima conservation author abbrev bot author abbrev zoo influences influenced awards religion signature filename only footnotes M.Sc. 1994 UFPA, Bel m B.Sc. 1989 UNB, Bras lia Helder Lima de Queiroz is a Brazil ian conservation biology conservation biologist , primatologist , and fish behaviorist . He is the Deputy Director of the Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustent vel Mamirau in Amazonas Brazilian state Amazonas state, dedicated to protecting the biodiversity of the Amazon flood forest and the well being of those who live there, through community management of the environment. Queiroz received his doctorate in 2000 from St. Andrews University , Scotland , in Environmental And Evolutionary Biology, with the thesis Natural history and conservation of pirarucu, Arapaima gigas , at the Amazonian v rzea Red giants in muddy waters. His advisor was the well known population biologist Anne E. Magurran . He has discovered and named a new species of Capuchin monkey Queiroz, 1992 . He currently 2008 works on Indian hunting, ethno zoology, ornamental and food fish conservation, and environmental education. He is a graduate faculty member in zoology at the Museu Paraense Em lio Goeldi , in Bel m . Publications SOUSA, L. L. QUEIROZ, H. L. AYRES, J. M. 2006. The mottled face tamarin, Sguinus inustus , in the Aman Sustainable Development Reserve. Neotropical Primates , Vol. 12, 121 122. QUEIROZ, H. L. 1992. A new species of capuchin monkey, genus Cebus Erxleben, 1777 Cebidae Primates from Eastern Brazil ... more details
Pages Detail.aspx?p 1CBF3428269F854BCED98B87019A1910 FEI horse database Sundance Kid FRH ref Arapaima ... 200 Horse results Arapaima , British Eventing ref Main results Summer Olympic Games Equestrian at the 2000 ... with Sundance Kid first in team ranking 1993, Achselschwang with Arapaima fourth in team ranking ... place 1993 with Sundance Kid German champion 1994 with Arapaima fourth place 1995 with Sundance Kid ... more details
in the chest by a 170 lb arapaima , which has caused long term heart damage. Later in the same show ... with Jeremy catching a 200lb 6 foot long arapaima fish. He mentions in the show that it was the largest ... more details
Taxobox name African arowana regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Actinopterygii ordo Osteoglossiformes familia Osteoglossidae subfamilia Heterotidinae genus Heterotis genus authority Eduard R ppell R ppell , 1828 species H. niloticus binomial Heterotis niloticus binomial authority Georges Cuvier Cuvier , 1829 The African arowana , Heterotis niloticus , is a member of the arowana family. Despite being called an Arowana , the African arowana is more closely related to Arapaima gigas , the only other member in the subfamily Heterotidinae . The only plankton feeding Osteoglossidae osteoglossid , the African arowana has a more terminal mouth than other species of arowana Osteoglossum and Scleropages . Description Like the other Osteoglossids, the African arowana is a long bodied fish with large scales, long fish anatomy dorsal and anal fins set far back on the body, and a rounded caudal fin. Its height is 3.5 to 5 times fish measurement Standard Length SL . It has been reported to reach up to 100 cm 39 in SL and weigh up to 10.2 kg 22 lb . This fish is gray, brown, or bronze in color. Coloration is uniform in adults, but juveniles often have dark longitudinal bands. African arowanas have air breathing organs on its branchiae, enabling them to survive in oxygen depleted water. A suprabranchial organ allows it to concentrate small planktonic food particles and also has a sensory function. Range This species is widespread throughout Africa , where it is native to all the watersheds in Sahelo Sudanese region, Senegal , and Gambia as well as parts of eastern Africa. This range includes the basins of the Corubal River Corubal , Volta River Volta , Ou m River Ou m , Niger River Niger , B nou River B nou , and Nile River Nile Rivers as well as those of Lake Chad and Lake Turkana . It has been successfully introduced to C te d Ivoire , the Cross River Nigeria Cross River in Nigeria , the Sanaga River Sanaga and Nyong River Nyong rivers in Cameroon , and Ogoou R ... more details
Image British Guiana 13.jpg right thumb An 1856 British Guiana 1c magenta, regarded as the world s rarest stamp. Image Stamp British Guiana 1860 2c.jpg right thumb A 2 cent stamp of British Guiana issued in 1860. Image Stamp British Guiana 1899 2c on 5c.jpg right thumb An Overprint overprinted 1898 commemorative stamp . Image Stamp British Guiana 1954 72c.jpg right thumb The 1954 72 cent stamp billed the Arapaima as the largest freshwater fish in the world. A privately run packet services for mail existed in British Guiana 1796, and continued for a number of years. Postage stamps of Britain were used at Georgetown, Guyana Georgetown Demerara and Berbice. Cottonreels The London government established an inland postal system on 1 July 1850, but postage stamps had not yet been produced, so the postmaster in Georgetown went to the local newspaper Royal Gazette and had them print Postage stamp separation imperforate stamps in the form of an outline circle, with BRITISH GUIANA inside the rim, and a denomination, from 2c to 12c, in the middle. The printing was in black, on different colors of paper depending on denomination. These became known as the Cottonreel s because of their circular shape, like the labels on spools of cotton, ref http nationaltrust.gov.gy new pdf philatelic 20heritage 2 The 20Cottonreels.pdf Our First Postage Stamps The Cottonreels , National Trust of Guyana ref and are quite rare. First official stamps The first issue from London finally came in 1852, a very simple typeset design depicting a sailing ship and the colony s motto misspelled DAMUS PATIMUS QUE VICISSIM we give and expect in return , also quite rare. Better stamps from London showed up in 1853, engraved and correctly inscribed using PETIMUS instead. The numbers were apparently insufficient, and in 1856 the postmaster had new 1c and 4c issues printed locally, crudely typeset and imitating the design of the London stamps, motto and all. These are among the rarest of all stamps, and the Brit ... more details
Taxobox name Osteoglossiformes image Osteoglossum bicirrhosum.JPG image caption Osteoglossum bicirrhosum fossil range Fossil range Late Jurassic Recent ref name FB FishBase order order Osteoglossiformes year 2009 month January ref regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Actinopterygii ordo Osteoglossiformes ordo authority Lev Berg L. S. Berg , 1940 subdivision ranks Families subdivision Suborder Notopteroidei Gymnarchidae Mormyridae elephantfishes Notopteridae featherfin knives Ostariostomidae extinct Suborder Osteoglossoidei Osteoglossidae arowana Pantodontidae butterflyfishes Singidididae extinct Osteoglossiformes Gk. bony tongues is a relatively primitive order biology order of ray finned fish that contains two sub orders, the Osteoglossoidei and the Notopteroidei . All of the living species inhabit freshwater. They are found in South America, Africa, Australia and southern Asia, having first evolved in Gondwana before that continent broke up. ref name EoF The mooneyes Hiodontidae are often classified here, but may also be placed in a separate order Hiodontiformes . Members of the order are notable for having toothed or bony tongues, and for having the forward part of the gastrointestinal tract pass to the left of the oesophagus and stomach for all other fish it passes to the right . In other respects, osteoglossiform fishes vary considerably in size and form the smallest is Pollimyrus castelnaui , at just convert 2 cm in long, while the largest, the arapaima Arapaima gigas , reaches as much as convert 2.5 m ft . ref name EoF cite book editor Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N. author Greenwood, P.H. & Wilson, M.V. year 1998 title Encyclopedia of Fishes publisher Academic Press location San Diego pages 81 84 isbn 0 12 547665 5 ref Timeline of genera timeline ImageSize width 1000px height auto barincrement 15px PlotArea left 10px bottom 50px top 10px right 10px Period from 65.5 till 0 TimeAxis orientation horizontal ScaleMajor unit year increment 10 start 65. ... more details
Candiru , and Arapaima , all supposedly deadly creatures shrouded with mystery. The show also ... 2009 5 3 Aux4 Start date df yes 2010 4 28 ShortSummary Featured Animals Arapaima , Pseudoplatystoma ... here looking for Arapaima a 10 foot long fish that has been known to ram predators with the force of a car ... returned to Brazil to once again face off against this fish and determine if the Arapaima deserves ... is allowed, he encounters an Arapaima farm where the fish do something surprising. Jeremy ... of the piranha and alligator gar, the boldness of the wels and piraiba catfish, the build of the arapaima ... Giant OriginalAirDate Start date df yes 2011 5 27 Aux4 ShortSummary Featured Animals Arapaima , River ... more details
Extreme Fishing with Robson Green is a factual entertainment show broadcast on Channel Five. The show sees actor and fishing enthusiast Robson Green travel around the world in search of the greatest fishing destinations. There have been four series to date, with channel 5 recommissioning a 5th series to be broadcast late 2011 or early 2012, This new series was confirmed by Robson Green on his Extreme Fishing Twitter account. Series 1 class wikitable Episode Location Broadcast Date Featured Fish 1 Costa Rica 1 September 2008 Sailfish , Tuna , Machaca 2 USA 8 September 2008 Catfish , Blackfin Tuna , Barracuda 3 South Africa 15 September 2008 Sardine , Octopus , Salmon 4 Spain & Portugal 22 September 2008 Blue Marlin , Escolar , Wels catfish Series 2 class wikitable Episode Location Broadcast Date Featured Fish 1 Canada 2 March 2009 White Sturgeon , Sablefish , Prawn , Steelhead , Coho 2 Alaska 9 March 2009 Northern Pike , King Salmon , Cod , Chinook Salmon , Rainbow Trout 3 New Zealand 16 March 2009 Kahawai , Hapuka , Reef Shark , Frost Fish , Gurnard , Crayfish , Trout , Green lipped mussel 4 Australia 23 March 2009 Barramundi , Milkfish , Spanish Mackerel , Coral trout , Purple Cod , Giant Trevally 5 North America 30 March 2009 Blue fin tuna , Lobster , Striped Bass , Blue Fish , Steelhead , Spiny Dogfish 6 Southern Australia 6 April 2009 Octopus , Blue Manna Crab , Gummy Shark , Abalone 7 Thailand 13 April 2009 Arapaima , Pangasius catfish, giant freshwater stingray 8 The Philippines 20 April 2009 Mahi mahi Dorado , reef fish , Jellyfish 9 Highlights 26 May 2010 Robson looks back at his ten best moments from the last two series. Series 3 class wikitable Episode Location Broadcast Date Featured Fish 1 Zimbabwe and Zambia 27 May 2010 Tigerfish , Kapenta , Kariba , Yellow Bream 2 Kenya 28 May 2010 Black Marlin , Nile Perch , Catfish , Omena 3 China 31 May 2010 Silver Carp , Black Bream , Octupus , Eel 4 Sri Lanka 1 June 2010 Sardine , Mangrove red snapper Mangrove Jac ... more details
Taxobox name Banded knifefishes image image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Actinopterygii ordo Gymnotiformes familia Gymnotidae genus Gymnotus genus authority Carl Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1758 subdivision ranks Species subdivision See text. Gymnotus is the among the most species rich group of electric knifefishes Gymnotiformes found in the Amazon basin Amazon . Some Gymnotus species live in the leaf litter and root tangles of river banks. Other species are specialized to live on floodplains within the rootmats of floating meadows. Several species are broadly adapted to live in both of these habitats. Gymnotus are nocturnal predator s feeding on insect s, crustacean s, and other fish . They generate weak electric field s used in locating objects, and also for communication in which the males court females using stereotyped electrical songs . Citation needed date April 2007 Small scales are always present on this fish. The mouth is superior, meaning it is turned upwards. The anal fin terminates at a point near the tip of the tail. Species of Gymnotus reach up to about 100 cm in length. This is the most widespread genus of the order Gymnotiformes, extending from southern Mexico to Argentina . They also occur in Trinidad . ref name Nelson cite book title Fishes of the World last Nelson first Joseph, S. publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. year 2006 isbn 0471250317 ref Species Gymnotus anguillaris small Jacobus Johannes Hoedeman Hoedeman , 1962 small Gymnotus arapaima small James S. Albert Albert & William Gareth Richard Crampton Crampton , 2001 small Gymnotus ardilai small Javier Alejandro Maldenado Ocampo Maldenado Ocampo & James S. Albert Albert , 2004 small Gymnotus bahianus small Ricardo Campos da Paz Campos da Paz & Wilson Jos Eduardo Moreira da Costa W. J. E. M. Costa , 1996 small Gymnotus carapo small Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1758 small Banded knifefish Gymnotus cataniapo small Francisco Mago Leccia Mago Leccia , 1994 small Gymnotus c ... more details
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