Video credit: Juan Martin Canturin Garcia (Peru) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel and website) Arapaima gigas is Known as paiche in Peru and pirarucu in Brazil and Colombia. This species is one of the largest freshwater scaled fishes in the world. Paiche is characterized by its excellent high growth rate, …
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Sep 28 2013
Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) as a promising species for Colombian aquaculture
Photo credit: Jaime Uribe and Lury Garcia (Colombia) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal The possible contribution of “arapaima” (Arapaima gigas) is based on its successful farming in some countries especially in Brazil. The farming of arapaima is done as a part of the conservation of the species or for commercial operations. The potential development of …
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