Amazon fishes are now swimming in a restaurant in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

The Arapaima fish is also known as the Pirarucu, is the second freshwater largest fish the world, after the Beluga Sturgeon (Huso huso). Its scientific name is Arapaima gigas. This fish can only be found wild in the Amazon River Basin in South America.
On 21st July 2017, I have been to a restaurant call Tonle Bassac II in Phnom Penh Cambodia and on the right hand site near the receptionist desk there is a pool which is full of Amazon Fish. It is sad that these fishes should be living and swimming in a natural lake or river instead they are swimming in a restaurant pool. However, they are lucky enough not being killed.

The Amazon's seasonal floods have become part of the arapaima's reproductive cycle. During low-water months (February to April) arapaimas construct bottom nests and females lay eggs. Young begin to hatch as rising water levels provide them with flood conditions in which to flourish. Adult males play an unusual reproductive role by incubating tens of thousands of eggs in their mouths, guarding them aggressively and moving them when necessary.

While this giant fish's habitat is relatively unmolested, over-fishing has become a serious problem, and some South American authorities have attempted to enact protections.

Anyway, If you have no chance to see this giant fish at Amazon river then you can possibly come to see many of them swimming here at the restaurant in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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