Arapaima Skin
- Scientific name is arapaima gigas
- Arapaima is a giant fish native to the Amazon
- Arapaima skin is both farm-raised and wild-caught for the meat. The skin is a byproduct.
- Arapaima skin has large, wild scale pattern
- CITES status is appendix II
- The approximate size of the 70 sqdm arapaima skins are:
- 92 cm wide x 62 cm long in the rectangular body area
- 16 cm wide x 31 cm long in each of the rear flanks
- The approximate thickness of the arapaima skins is 1.8/2.0 mm thickness
- PAL's arapaima skin has a full body
- Arapaima skin is most commonly used for garments, handbags and footwear
