Myloplus sauron explained

Myloplus sauron is a species of fish that is in the family Serrasalmidae. The fish was discovered alongside Myloplus aylan.^[1] The species of fish is restricted to the Xingu River.^[2]

Etymology

The name sauron is named after Sauron, the main antagonist of the fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings.^[2] The naming of the fish is due to the vertical black band on the fish resembling the vertical-pupilled eye of Sauron.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Pereira . VD . Ota . Rafaela Priscila . Machado . Valéria Nogueira . Collins . Rupert A . Ândrade . Marcelo C . Garcia-Ayala . Jégu . Miguel . Farias . Izeni . Hrbek . Tomas. Integrative taxonomy of the black-barred disk pacus (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae), including the redescription of Myloplus schomburgkii and the description of two new species . Neotropical Ichthyology . 2024 . 22 . 2 . 10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0095 . free.
2. Web site: New 'Lord of the Rings' Fish Species Discovered. Georgiou. Aristos. June 2, 2024. Newsweek. August 11, 2024. August 8, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240808171250/https://www.newsweek.com/piranha-relative-named-after-lord-rings-character-1911759.
3. Web site: New fish species with human-like teeth named after popular movie villain. Borchers . Sydney. June 27, 2024. Fox News. August 11, 2024. August 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240806125608/https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/new-fish-species-human-like-teeth-named-popular-movie-villain.
4. Web site: Newly discovered Amazon fish species is named after ‘The Lord of the Rings’ villain for its odd pattern. Nicioli . Taylor. June 13, 2024. CNN. August 11, 2024. August 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240806180147/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/13/science/new-piranha-pacu-species-sauron-amazon-scn/index.html.