Silver Arawana

• alimentaciónIt can leap clear of the water to take insects, and even small bats and birds perched on low branches over the river.
• The male broods the eggs, the larvae and the first juveniles in his mouth until they have absorbed the yolk sac.
• It leaps clear of the water to snatch insects and small vertebrates perched on low branches, which has earned it the nickname monkey fish.
• It spawns at the start of the floods, in December and January, laying few eggs but very large ones.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bony fish)

Habitat and environment

Floodplains, blackwater lagoons and flooded forest of the Amazon, Essequibo and Oyapock basins

Sexual maturity

It reaches sexual maturity at between 43 and 75 cm in males and between 46 and 72 cm in females, at around three and a half years old

Gestation / incubation

The male broods the eggs, larvae and early juveniles in his mouth for about two months

Litter / clutch size

The female lays between 93 and 360 eggs

Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteoglossum_bicirrhosum; Fishi-pedia, ficha Osteoglossum bicirrhosum; Fichas de acuariofilia de Osteoglossum bicirrhosum; Fishi-pedia; Fauna Tropica; Fauna Tropica, ficha Osteoglossum bicirrhosum; FishBase, Osteoglossum bicirrhosum (Ref. 72380)

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.