Residents of Pekanbaru Capture Arapaima Gigas Fish in Siak River with 3 Meters Length

Not only in Surabaya, the discovery of the original fish of Amazon, allegedly Arapaima Gigas, also stunned residents in the city of Pekanbaru, Riau (Indonesia).

A video discovery of the fish became viral in social media, in the video recording seen a motorist carrying large predatory fish tied up on the back seat of his motorcycle.

A number of residents were seen swarming around the man. While a fish with reddish residents typical Arapaima Gigas with size up to 3 meters.

This video was uploaded by the owner of facebook account @Damasco Siregar Siagian, Wednesday (25/7/2018) yesterday.

In the description of the posted videos and photos, the account owner explained if the fish were caught from the Siak River.

"The discovery of large fish in the river Siak all residents excited about the discovery ne this morning approximately 8:00 pm," he said in the description he wrote.

Until now, some citizens were curious about the fish. There are a thousand comments on the post and it has been distributed 10 thousand times.