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:

Common names from other countries

Silver arowana, Hõbedane luukeel, Sulamba, ... more

分类 / Names 俗名 | 同种异名 | Catalog of Fishes(属, 种) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei > 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 生态学

; 淡水底中水层性. 熱帶; 24°C - 30°C (Ref. 1672)

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Osteoglossum bicirrhosum (Cuvier, 1829)

Common names from other countries

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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生态学