Fishing for living fossils
- 1/22
Villager Diomesio Coelho Antunes from the Rumao Island community clubs an arapaima or pirarucu, the largest freshwater fish species in South America
REUTERS - 2/22
A villager from the Porto Novo community shows a tag certifying where he caught an arapaima or pirarucu, the largest freshwater fish species in South America
REUTERS - 3/22
Villagers Diomesio Antunes and Edson de Souza from the Rumao Island community eat a meal of arapaima or pirarucu, the largest freshwater fish species in South America
REUTERS - 4/22
Villager Diomesio Coelho Antunes from the Rumao Island community drags from his canoe an arapaima or pirarucu, the largest freshwater fish species in South America
REUTERS - 5/22
Villager Edson de Souza from the Rumao Island community pulls into his canoe an arapaima or pirarucu, the largest freshwater fish species in South America
REUTERS - 6/22
Villagers from the Porto Novo community load into their canoes arapaima or pirarucu, the largest freshwater fish species in South America
REUTERS - 7/22
Villagers paddle past a line of arapaima while fishing in a branch of the Solimoes river
REUTERS - 8/22
Villagers from the Rumao Island community carry part of their catch of arapaima or pirarucu, the largest freshwater fish species in South America
REUTERS - 9/22
Villagers carry part of their catch of arapaima after fishing in a branch of the Solimoes river
REUTERS - 10/22
The skin of an arapaima is pictured after being fished by villagers from the Rumao Island community out of a branch of the Solimoes river
REUTERS - 11/22
Villagers from the Sao Raimundo do Jaraua community clean their day's catch of arapaima after fishing along a branch of the Solimoes river
REUTERS - 12/22
A villager sells part of his catch of arapaima after fishing in a branch of the Solimoes river near Fonte Boa
REUTERS - 13/22
A villager from the Porto Novo community stores on ice a day's catch of arapaima after fishing in Poco Fundo lake along a branch of the Solimoes river
REUTERS - 14/22
Villagers from the Rumao Island community transport their catch of arapaima in a river boat after fishing in a branch of the Solimoes river
REUTERS - 15/22
An aerial view of a tributary of the Solimoes river, one of the main tributaries of the Amazon, in the Mamiraua nature reserve where villagers fish for arapaima
REUTERS - 16/22
Villagers from the Rumao Island community paddle their canoes loaded with arapaima or pirarucu, the largest freshwater fish species in South America
REUTERS - 17/22
Villager Diomesio Coelho Antunes from the Rumao Island community clubs an arapaima or pirarucu, the largest freshwater fish species in South America
REUTERS - 18/22
A villager from the Rumao Island community holds a young arapaima or pirarucu, the largest freshwater fish species in South America
REUTERS - 19/22
Villager Edson de Souza from the Rumao Island community spears an arapaima or pirarucu, the largest freshwater fish species in South America
REUTERS - 20/22
Children of the Sao Raimundo do Jaraua community play soccer along the edge of a tributary of the Solimoes river, one of the main tributaries of the Amazon
REUTERS - 21/22
A night view of the Sao Raimundo do Jaraua community along the edge of a tributary of the Solimoes river in the Amazon basin
REUTERS - 22/22
A night view of the Sao Raimundo do Jaraua community along the edge of a tributary of the Solimoes river in the Amazon basin
REUTERS