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  • The most interesting one, by far, is a tropical freshwater species called paiche see photo native to the Amazon River basin.

    USATODAY.com News 2011

  • The skin of the paiche is extraordinarily thick, Nelson told me.

    USATODAY.com News 2011

  • But the IRD says the very context of their disappearance allows the group to "develop biodiversity conservation strategies," such as those deployed successfully for the huge arapaima or paiche fish Arapaima gigas, one of the largest freshwater fish in the world.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Still, paiche raises a good question for consumers:

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  • Here's the tale of one such exotic fish - the prehistoric paiche - that Marriott's corporate chefs recently tried and liked.

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  • Topokachaurvase powder do - ower Ball paiche mocasons papponey Kettle

    Diary of William H. Ashley 1825

  • Grimes says that if golfers tee off early enough on Saturdays they can saunter on down to the restaurant and ask the owner to harpoon a paiche for lunch.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • The Amazon Golf Course has none of this, but a restaurant down the road does serve up paiche, a prehistoric fish that can grow up to 10 feet long and weight nearly half a ton.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • Twenty-five specimens of paiche (Arapaima gigas) from a fish farm managed by the

    Living in Peru : News 2010

  • The food festival will take place on Saturday, June 26, featuring typical Amazonian dishes such as the juane, cecina con tacacho, inchicapi de gallina, paiche and many others.

    Living in Peru : News 2010

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