Mapa arapaima
Arapaima mapae (Valenciennes, 1847)
Status not recordedbony fish
The mapa arapaima (Arapaima mapae) is a species in the family Arapaimidae, order Osteoglossiformes.
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Quick facts about the mapa arapaima
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the mapa arapaima live?
Not recorded
Is the mapa arapaima endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the mapa arapaima classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classTeleostei
- orderOsteoglossiformes
- familyArapaimidae
- genusArapaima
- SpeciesArapaima mapae (Valenciennes, 1847)
Synonyms Vastres mapae
Other names and names in other languages (4)
- arapaima mapskáCzech
- Amapá arapaimaEstonian
- Arapaima di MapaItalian
- Pirarucu-dragãoPortuguese
Relatives of the mapa arapaima
Other species in the same genus Arapaima.

Arapaima
Arapaima gigas
Slender arapaima
Arapaima leptosoma
Agassiz's arapaima
Arapaima agassizii
CompareMapa arapaima vs ArapaimaMapa arapaima vs Slender arapaimaMapa arapaima vs Agassiz's arapaimaMapa arapaima vs Vastres condaminei
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the mapa arapaima?
The mapa arapaima (Arapaima mapae) belongs to the family Arapaimidae in the order Osteoglossiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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CreatureData. (2026). Mapa arapaima (Arapaima mapae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mapa-arapaima
“Mapa arapaima (Arapaima mapae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mapa-arapaima.
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title = {Mapa arapaima (Arapaima mapae)},
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note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
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