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n.- A large-scaled osteoglossid fish (Arapaima gigas) of the rivers of northern So. America.

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  • There was also caught in this lake a large species of fish called pirarucu, which, strangely enough, found it possible to exist in spite of alligators.
  • According to Keyla, demand for the arapaima (Arapaima gigas), which is also known as pirarucu, or paiche has increased even further after it was in danger of extinction,...
  • The economy is based on manioc cultivation and small farms, fishing for pirarucu and tambaqui, forest products and some hunting.
  • Occasionally a rustling flight of paroquets or ciganas overhead startled me for a moment, or a large pirarucu plashed out of the water; but except for these sounds,
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