Myloplus sauron

Myloplus sauron
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Serrasalmidae
Genus:	Myloplus
Species:	M. sauron
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

Last updated December 06, 2025

Myloplus sauron is a freshwater species of ray-finned fish in the family Serrasalmidae. It is found in South America and restricted to the Xingu River.^[1]^[2] It was once included in Myloplus schomburgkii, but was split from that species in 2024 alongside Myloplus aylan.^[3]

Etymology

The fish is named after Sauron, the main antagonist of the fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings .^[1] The naming of the fish is due to the vertical black band on the fish resembling the vertical-pupilled eye of Sauron.^[4]^[5]

References

1 2 Georgiou, Aristos (June 2, 2024). "New 'Lord of the Rings' Fish Species Discovered". Newsweek . Archived from the original on August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
↑ Ashworth, James (11 June 2024). "New species of vegetarian piranha named after Lord of the Rings villain Sauron". www.nhm.ac.uk. Natural History Museum of UK. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
↑ 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 .
↑ 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.

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[:"2"-1] 1 2 Georgiou, Aristos (June 2, 2024). "New 'Lord of the Rings' Fish Species Discovered". Newsweek . Archived from the original on August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.

[2] Ashworth, James (11 June 2024). "New species of vegetarian piranha named after Lord of the Rings villain Sauron". www.nhm.ac.uk. Natural History Museum of UK. Retrieved 3 January 2025.

[3] 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 .

[:"3"-4] 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.

[:"4"-5] 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.

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