
Tiny Fish Packs the Most Savage Bite Ever Recorded
Pound for pound, the black piranha has the most powerful bite of any fish, with a force more than 30 times its body weight, surpassing even great white sharks in bite strength.
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Pound for pound, the black piranha has the most powerful bite of any fish, with a force more than 30 times its body weight, surpassing even great white sharks in bite strength.

A new species of piranha-like fish, Myloplus sauron, has been discovered in the Amazon River, named for a stripe resembling the "Eye of Sauron." This pacu species, often mistaken for piranhas, has human-like teeth for a mainly plant-based diet. Genetic analysis revealed it had been masquerading as another species for nearly 200 years.