Peru country information

Common names: Paiche
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Service, 1993
Regulations: restricted | Ref: Wheeler, A., 1977
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the Amazon River basin (Ref. 50891). Occurs mainly in Ucayali and Marañon Rivers, with the exception of Pacaya-Samiria (Ref. 9235). Minimum size of capture is 1 m. However, this restriction is hardly enforced (Ref. 557).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2003
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Common names from other countries

Pirarucu, Paiche, 巨骨舌鱼, ... more

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> Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues) > Arapaimidae (Bonytongues)
Etymology: Arapaima: From tupí-guaraní, arapaima (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ökologie

; süßwasser demersal; pH range: 6.0 - 6.5; dH range: 10 - ?. Tropical; 25°C - 29°C (Ref. 2060); 5°N - 11°S

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South America: Amazon River basin. The active fishing of this fish has reduced both the population size, and occurrence of large individuals, especially around the populated regions of the Amazon (Ref. 50891).

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: L_m 149.5, range 145 - 154 cm
Max length : 450 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 6398); common length : 200 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 557); max. veröff. Gewicht: 200.0 kg (Ref. 557)

Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Often referred to as the largest freshwater fish. Builds a nest of about 15 cm depth and 50 cm width in sandy bottoms. Spawns in April and May and guards the eggs and the young. Obligate air breather. The fish rises to the surface of the water and inspires air in a noisy, distinctive gulp, which is reported to carry for long distances (Ref. 50891). Migrates into higher floodplain habitats with rising water and moves back eventually to lacustrine habitats during low water level (Ref. 116898). Threatened due to over harvesting (Ref. 58490).

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Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2003. Arapaimatidae (Bonytongues). p. 31. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 50891)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)

Daten mangelhaft (DD) ; Date assessed: 01 August 1996

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Bedrohung für Menschen

Harmless

Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: kommerziell; Aquakultur: kommerziell; Sportfisch: ja; Aquarium: Öffentliche Aquarien

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5938 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.5 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.

Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179): niedrig, Verdopplung der Population dauert 4,5 - 14 Jahre. (tm=4-6; Fec=47,000).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100).

Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Arapaima gigas (Schinz, 1822)