The newly-described piranha relative is named after a character from J.R.R. Tolkien's iconic fantasy novel.
Researchers have identified a new species of fish—one that is closely related to piranhas—and have named it after Sauron, the main antagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien's iconic fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings.The fish, Myloplus sauron, lives in South America's Amazon Rainforest region, although the species appears to be restricted to the Xingu River basin of Brazil.
'Our results reveal the existence of hidden species within Myloplus schomburgkii, a species of Serrasalmidae with wide distribution in the Amazon basin,' Valéria Machado, lead author of the study with the Federal University of Amazonas in Brazil, told Newsweek.'The three species were considered a single taxon, when in fact they are very distinct species genetically and morphologically as well,' Machado said.
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