Recently, while visiting the Vancouver Aquarium, I became aware of the existence of a very large fish. This fish is inappropriately large. The arapaima, pirarucu, or paiche (Arapaima gigas) is a ...

Raised for the last two years at the Milwaukee County Zoo, two arapaima fish are finally big enough to move into the Amazon River tank.

Arapaima at Shedd Aquarium. Photo credit: ©Shedd Aquarium/Brenna Hernandez. But the project included one difficult component: tagging arapaima.

About 50 protected fish that were confiscated from O’Hare Airport in August are now rehabilitating in their new homes at the Shedd Aquarium. The 102 juvenile arapaima were confiscated from O ...

The fish developed this function because they typically live in oxygen-poor waterways, according to the Tennessee Aquarium, which is home to several arapaima.

THESE ARAPAIMA, PHOTOGRAPHED IN A PUBLIC AQUARIUM IN UKRAINE, APPEAR TO BE THE NEW SPECIES RECENTLY DESCRIBED BY DR. DONALD STEWART OF ESF. THEY CLEARLY SHOW THE ELONGATED SENSORY CAVITY AS A DARK BAR ...

It has been 16 years since arapaimas, one of the world's largest freshwater fish, have been at the Milwaukee County Zoo. Now they're back.

According to the Dallas World Aquarium arapaima fish "must surface every 10-20 minutes to breathe air, making a loud, distinctive gulp, which makes them easy targets for fishermen".

It once had arapaima, which generated a large amount of interest in the aquarium. In January, two of the species were being held in a concrete tank located in the middle of the aquarium.

JENKS, OK -- The Oklahoma Aquarium is making room for its "Extreme Fishes Exhibit". They kicked off construction with a wall smashing Wednesday. The Aquarium says when it's all done it's going to ...

Freshwater aquarium fish, an important food source in the tropics mongabay.com May 5, 2005 Those fish in your home aquarium may be important food sources in their native lands.