Fish in the World's Largest & Strongest Successfully Captured

A British adventurer anglers caught freshwater fish "giant" when you're fishing in Middle River Essequibo River, Guyana, the United States, recently.

Fish are named 'Arapaima' is, arrested Steve Townson using piranha fish as bait.

The largest freshwater fish in the world, weighs 68 kilograms. "Arapamia is one of the largest freshwater fish and strongest in the world," says Townson, as quoted Okezone of Orange, on Monday (11/03/2013).

According to him, to be able to master the fish, the angler would have to be extra careful. Moreover, the type of fish 'Arapaima' was protected by the state where the fish are located. "And I am proud to capture and see it in person," said Townson.

According to Wikipedia, as one of the most sought after fish in South America, Arapamia often caught using nets for export.

As a result, the current number of Arapaima with a length exceeding two meters are rarely found in the wild.

Apart from its large size, Arapamaima also have distinctive properties that reliance on the surface to breathe air.

Besides having gills, he also has a bladder that has been enlarged and modified for swimming. This allows Arapaima extract oxygen air.

Arapaima so often in the condition of hypoxia (lack of oxygen due to the difference in height) on the plains of the Amazon. Every five to 15 minutes Arapaima will come to the surface to take air.