The arapaima is a very large freshwater fish that can weigh up to 400 pounds. The one Wade was handling “only” weighed about 80 pounds, he estimated, when it suddenly hit him squarely in the ...

Real fishing adventure! Matt Allen and his guides face the raw power of a thrashing Arapaima in the heart of Guyana’s Essequibo River. / Tactical Bassin' Life is either a daring adventure or ...

But a fearsome new invasive predator has emerged in the state: the arapaima, a monster fish that can grow up to 10 feet long and weigh hundreds of pounds. A dead one recently washed ashore in Cape ...

A 10-foot-long “monster” from the Amazon River that can weigh up to hundreds of pounds somehow made its way to Florida. Called the arapaima, a member of this species was found washed ashore a ...

Its scales are said to be as impenetrable as armor. And it’s ugly, at least to most people. A dead arapaima like this one caught in Brazil washed up on the shore of Florida’s Caloosahatchee River.

A 10-foot-long “monster” from the Amazon River that can weigh up to hundreds of pounds somehow made its way to Florida. Called the arapaima, a member of this species was found washed ashore a ...

State wildlife officials ask anyone who catches or sees an arapaima or other nonnative freshwater fish species in the wild to call the Exotic Species Hotline at 1-888-IVE-GOT1 (1-888-483-4681 ...