Arapaima

The arapaima's proximity to the water's surface make it vulnerable to human predators, who can easily target them with harpoons.

Arapaima
The Arapaima (Arapaima gigas), also known as the Piracucu, Pirarucu, or Paiche, is one of the world's largest freshwater fish.

Arapaima
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Amazonia: arapaima, piranha, stingrays, and other fish; poison dart frogs, rainbow boas, and other amphibians and reptiles
Beaver Valley: American beavers, gray seals, river otters, and more ...

gagei Freshwater Stingrays, Family Potamotrygonidae All species Arapaima, Family Osteoglossidae Arapaima gigas South American Pike Characoids, Family Characidae All species of genus Acestrorhyncus African Tiger Fishes, Family, ...

Arapaima (Arapaima gigas)
Peale's dolphin (Lagenorhynchus australis)
Spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii)
Heaviside's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii)
Pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) ...

OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES
Includes bonytongues, arapaimas, mooneyes, knifefishes, elephantfishes
ELOPIFORMES
tenpounders, ladyfishes, tarpons ...

See also: Catfish, Elephant, Diver, Piranha, Snake