Brazil country information

Common names: Arauaná, Arowana, Aruaná
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Ferreira, E.J.G., J. Zuanon and G.M. dos Santos, 1996
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Present in the Oyapock River which forms the border between Brazil and French Guiana (Ref. 12225). Exported for the aquarium trade, especialy from the Rio Negro area (Ref. 27548) which is an illegal activity in Brazil (Ref. 102836).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Planquette, P., P. Keith and P.-Y. Le Bail, 1996
National Database:

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Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues) > Osteoglossidae (Arowanas)
Etymology: Osteoglossum: Greek, osteon = bone + Greek, glossa = tongue (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.

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

; Água doce bentopelágico. Tropical; 24°C - 30°C (Ref. 1672)

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Osteoglossum bicirrhosum (Cuvier, 1829)

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Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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