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]
| Myloplus sauron | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Serrasalmidae |
| Genus: | Myloplus |
| Species: | M. sauron
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| Binomial name | |
| Myloplus sauron Pereira, R. P. Ota, V. N. Machado, R. A. Collins, M. C. Andrade, Garcia-Ayala, Jégu, I. P. Farias & Hrbek, 2024
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Etymology
editThe 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]
References
edit- ^ Pereira, VD; Ota, Rafaela Priscila; Machado, Valéria Nogueira; Collins, Rupert A; Ândrade, Marcelo C; Garcia-Ayala; Jégu, Miguel; Farias, Izeni; Hrbek, Tomas (2024). "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. 22 (2). doi:10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0095.
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- ^ Borchers, Sydney (June 27, 2024). "New fish species with human-like teeth named after popular movie villain". Fox News. Archived from the original on August 6, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
- ^ Nicioli, Taylor (June 13, 2024). "Newly discovered Amazon fish species is named after 'The Lord of the Rings' villain for its odd pattern". CNN. Archived from the original on August 6, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.