How to catch the largest freshwater fish in the world?

Arapaima is one of the largest freshwater fish in the world. She lives in the Amazon basin (in Brazil, Guyana and Peru).



Adults reach 2.5 m in length, weighing up to 200 kg Thanks to its archaic morphology arapaima considered a living fossil. In addition, she can breathe on land! In Brazil and the fishing is only permitted once a year. First arapaima extracted with harpoons, when she rose to breathe at the surface. Now it is caught mainly with nets.























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