Pirarucu vs Sandre

Arapaima gigas comparé à Sander lucioperca

Taxonomy & Classification

Attribut	Pirarucu	Sandre
Nom scientifique	Arapaima gigas	Sander lucioperca
Ordre	Osteoglossiformes	Perciformes
Famille	Arapaimidae	Percidae
Conservation Status	Data Deficient	Least Concern

Physical Traits

Attribut	Pirarucu	Sandre
Longueur maximale	450,0 cm	130,0 cm
Poids maximum	200,0 kg	20,0 kg
Couleur	Dark olive-gray to grayish-black back with large scales that become vivid red-orange with black borders on the posterior flanks; belly pale cream; caudal fin reddish and rounded.	Greenish-gray to olive body with 8–10 dark olive-brown vertical bars or saddle blotches; flanks finely mottled; belly whitish; first dorsal fin with dark-spotted rays; large glassy eyes adapted for low light.

Habitat & Environment

Attribut	Pirarucu	Sandre
Type d'eau	Freshwater	Brackish
Plage de profondeur	—	2-30m
Aire de répartition	Restricted to the Amazon River basin in Brazil, Peru, Guyana, and Bolivia. Inhabits flooded várzea lakes, oxbows, and large river channels; surfaces frequently to breathe …	Native to river systems and large lakes of northern and central Europe and western Asia, including the Volga, Danube, Rhine, and Baltic Sea drainages. Tolerates …
Habitat	Floodplain lakes (várzea) and large river channels of the Amazon basin. Slow-moving, shallow, warm freshwater (26-30°C). An obligate air-breather; rises to surface to gulp air. …	Estuaries

Informations sur la pêche

Attribut	Pirarucu	Sandre
Poisson de pêche sportive	Oui	Oui
Cote de combativité	10/10	6/10
Record du monde	—	—
Teneur en mercure	—	—

Cuisine & Edibility

Pirarucu

Large, firm white fillets with a mild, clean flavor and low fat; historically a staple protein in Amazonian communities. Often salted and dried; sustainable harvest is tightly regulated.

Sandre

Lean, firm white flesh with a delicate, mild flavor and nearly no fat; boneless fillets are easy to work with. The most prized freshwater eating fish in Central and Eastern Europe.

Species Overview

Pirarucu

The arapaima is one of the largest freshwater fish in the world, reaching up to 4.5 meters. An obligate air-breather, it must surface every 10-20 minutes to gulp air. Its tongue is bony and used to crush prey against the roof of its mouth.

Sandre

The zander is the European equivalent of the walleye and one of the most prized freshwater predators in Europe. Its excellent low-light vision makes it a crepuscular hunter. Its delicate white flesh is considered among the finest of freshwater fish.