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5 days ago · In 1841, researchers discovered Myloplus schomburgkii, a species of fish related to piranhas. Nearly 200 years later, scientists conducting genetic analyses on a population of M. schomburgkii in the Amazon River discovered that the fish they were looking at actually weren’t all from the same species. In fact, they belonged to three nearly ...
1 day ago · A newly discovered piranha-like fish species in the Brazilian Amazon has been named Sauron, after Lord Sauron from the Lord of the Rings. According to scientists, the new species was named Myloplus sauron because its round body and distinctive orange and black markings closely resemble the infamous evil eye of author J.R.R. Tolkien's fictional character.
1 day ago · A new fish species has emerged, but it does not hail from the realm of Mordor as its name suggests. The relationship between pacus and piranhas has been closely studied by researchers and while ...
5 days ago · Last year, a young boy in Oklahoma made an unusual discovery – a fish that looks a lot like a piranha but has teeth that strangely resemble human teeth concealed within its fishy mouth. The fish, identified as a pacu, was caught by Charlie Clinton in a pond near his home on July 15.
4 days ago · Piranha have a reputation as fearless fish that hunt in ferocious packs. However, recent research, which "started off with the premise that they school as a means of cooperative hunting", discovered that they were in fact rather fearful fish, like other fish, which schooled for protection from their predators, such as cormorants, caimans and ...
3 days ago · Piranha have a reputation as fearless fish that swarm in ferocious and predatory packs. However, recent research, which started "with the premise that they school as a means of cooperative hunting", discovered that they were in fact rather fearful fish, like other fish, who schooled for protection from their predators, such as cormorants ...
Piranhas bark, catfish squeak, and groupers call in choruses. Clown fish chirp and the Danionella crebrum makes a surprisingly loud sound for a tiny fish. (Shutterstock, Ralf Britz / Senckenberg)
