Arapaima gigas (Cuvier, 1829)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- order
- Osteoglossiformes
- family
- Arapaimidae
- genus
- Arapaima
- species
- Arapaima gigas
Uso
Valor de uso (VU): 1,64
Name
- Homonyms
- Arapaima gigas (Schinz, 1822)
- Arapaima gigas (Cuvier, 1829)
- Arapaima gigas Lundberg & Chernoff, 1992
- Common names
- arapaima in English
- giant arapaima in language.
- giant arapaima in English
- pirarucu in English
- pirarucú in Portuguese
Bibliographic References
- Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
- Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
- Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
- Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.