How to catch the largest freshwater fish in the world?
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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.