Arapaima gigas

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES OSTEOGLOSSIDAE

Scientific Name: Arapaima gigas
Species Authority
Infra-specific Authority: (Cuvier, 1817)
Common Name/s:
English – Arapaima, Pirarucu
French – Arapaïma, Paiche

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient     ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s World Conservation Monitoring Centre
History:
1994 – Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Insufficiently Known (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986 – Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Brazil; Guyana; Peru

Population [top]

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Freshwater

Threats [top]

Conservation Actions [top]

Citation: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 11 October 2008.
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