Guavina

/ɡwɑːˈviːnə/ noun

Definition

A freshwater fish found in South American rivers and creeks, sometimes used as a food fish by indigenous peoples.

Etymology

From indigenous South American languages, likely Tupi or related languages of the Amazon basin. The name passed into Portuguese and Spanish colonial usage and entered English through those languages.

Kelly Says

The guavina is a climbing perch that can actually move overland between water sources using its gill covers like feet—a wild adaptation that indigenous peoples discovered long before modern science documented it.

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