Ba za a iya kiran katuwar arapaima (lat. Arapaima gigas) kifi don akwatin kifaye na gida ba, tunda yana da girma ƙwarai, amma kuma ba shi yiwuwa a faɗa game da shi.
A dabi'a, a matsakaita ya kai tsawon jiki na 200 cm, amma manyan samfuran, fiye da mita 3 a tsayi, an kuma rubuta su. Kuma a cikin akwatin kifaye, karami ne, yawanci kusan 60 cm.
Wannan kifin mai ban sha'awa kuma ana kiransa piraruku ko paiche. Babban firim ne mai cin kifi galibi, da sauri da hanzari.
Hakanan za ta iya, kamar wani abu mai kama da arowana, ta iya tsalle daga cikin ruwa ta kama tsuntsaye da dabbobin da ke zaune a kan rassan bishiyoyi.
Tabbas, saboda girman girmansa, arapaima bai dace da akwatinan ruwa na gida ba, amma galibi ana ganinta a cikin gidajen zoo da nune-nunen gidan zoo, inda take zaune a cikin manyan kogunan ruwa, wanda aka sassaka shi da mahaifarta - Amazon.
Bugu da ƙari, har ma an hana shi a wasu ƙasashe, saboda haɗarin cewa, idan aka sake shi cikin yanayi, zai lalata nau'in kifin na asali. Mu, ba shakka, ba mu fuskantar wannan, saboda yanayin yanayi.
A halin yanzu, gano balagaggen mutum a cikin yanayi ba aiki ne mai sauƙi ba ga masu ilimin halitta. Arapaima bai taba zama jinsin mutane da yawa ba, kuma yanzu ma ba shi da yawa.
Mafi yawan lokuta ana iya samun sa a cikin dausayi tare da ƙarancin iskar oxygen a cikin ruwa. Don rayuwa a cikin irin wannan yanayin, arapaima ya kirkiro kayan aikin numfashi na musamman wanda zai bata damar shan iskar oxygen.
Kuma don tsira, yana buƙatar tashi zuwa saman ruwa don iskar oxygen kowane minti 20.
Bugu da kari, piraruku na karnoni da yawa shine asalin tushen abinci ga kabilun dake zaune a yankin Amazon.
Gaskiyar ita ce ta tashi zuwa sama don iska kuma ta hallaka ta, mutane sun yi farautar wannan lokacin, sannan suka kashe ta da taimakon ƙugiyoyi ko suka kama ta a cikin raga. Irin wannan kisan ya rage yawan mutanen kuma ya sanya shi cikin haɗari na hallaka.
Rayuwa a cikin yanayi
Arapaima (Latin Arapaima gigas) an fara bayyana shi a cikin 1822. Yana zaune ne gaba ɗaya tsawon yankin Amazon da kuma cikin raƙuman ruwa.
Wurin zama ya dogara da kakar. A lokacin rani, arapaima na yin ƙaura zuwa tabkuna da rafuka, kuma a lokacin damina, zuwa dazuzzuka masu ambaliyar ruwa. Sau da yawa yana rayuwa ne a yankin dausayi, inda ya saba da numfashi da iskar oxygen, yana haɗiye shi daga farfajiyar.
Kuma a dabi'a, balagaggun arapaimas suna ciyarwa galibi akan kifi da tsuntsaye, amma yara sun fi rashin nutsuwa kuma suna cin kusan komai - kifi, kwari, larvae, invertebrates.
Bayani
Arapaima yana da jiki mai tsayi kuma mai tsayi tare da ƙananan ƙegee biyu ƙwarai. Launin jiki kore ne mai launuka iri-iri, da sikeli masu jan a ciki.
Tana da sikeli masu tsananin wahala waɗanda suka yi kama da carapace kuma suna da wuyar hudawa.
Wannan shine ɗayan mafi girman kifin ruwa, yana girma kusan 60 cm a cikin akwatin kifaye kuma yana rayuwa kusan shekaru 20.
Kuma a yanayi, matsakaiciyar tsayi ita ce 200 cm, kodayake akwai kuma manyan mutane. Akwai bayanai akan arapaima 450 cm tsayi, amma sun dawo zuwa farkon ƙarni na ƙarshe kuma ba a rubuce su ba.
Matsakaicin nauyin da aka tabbatar shine 200 kg. Yaran yara suna kasancewa tare da iyayensu tsawon watanni ukun farko na rayuwa kuma sun isa balaga ne kawai a shekaru 5.
Wahala cikin abun ciki
Duk da cewa kifin ba shi da riba, amma saboda girmansa da tashin hankali, ajiye shi a cikin akwatin kifaye na gida ba ze zama mai gaskiya bane.
Tana buƙatar kusan lita 4,000 na ruwa don jin al'ada. Koyaya, abu ne gama gari a gidajen zoo da nune-nune daban-daban.
Ciyarwa
Mai farauta wanda ke yawanci ciyar da kifi, amma kuma yana cin tsuntsaye, masu juyawa, da kuma beraye. Hali ne cewa suna tsalle daga ruwa kuma suna kama dabbobin da ke zaune akan rassan bishiyoyi.
A cikin bauta, suna ciyar da nau'ikan abinci mai rai - kifi, beraye da abinci iri-iri na wucin gadi.
Ciyarwa a gidan zoo:
Bambancin jima'i
Yana da wuya a gane idan namiji ya fi mace haske a lokacin da ake haihuwa.
Kiwo
Mace takan balaga a lokacin tana da shekaru 5 kuma tare da tsawon jiki 170 cm.
A dabi'a, arapaimas suna haihuwa a lokacin rani, daga Fabrairu zuwa Afrilu suna gina gida, kuma da farkon lokacin damina, ƙwai suna ƙyanƙyashewa da soya suna cikin yanayin ingantaccen yanayi.
Yawancin lokaci sukan haƙa gida a cikin ƙasa mai yashi, inda mace ke yin ƙwai. Iyaye suna kula da gida koyaushe, kuma soyayyen ya kasance a ƙarƙashin kariyarsu aƙalla watanni 3 bayan haihuwa.
