Catfish 'glitter eyes' are named after Star Wars assassins

Recently, scientists have decided to name a catfish after the name of the Star Wars character Greedo.

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Catfish species are named after famous people

Star Wars is one of the most influential blockbusters in human history. That influence spread across all areas, including . science. Evidence recently, a catfish species has been named after the identity of a Star Wars character: killer Greedo .

That species has a scientific name is Peckoltia greedoi . They were discovered a long time ago, about 1998 along the banks of the Gurupi River of Brazil. Peckoltia greedoi have very big eyes, big mouth and flattened body that looks very strange. However, at that time, the name Greedo was not born.

Photo of Peckoltia greedoi from above

It was not until the fish professor of natural history at Auburn Museum - Jonathan Armbruster and colleagues conducted a study of a Peckoltia greedoi, which had a strange nickname. this.

The bizarre body of this special catfish

According to Professor Jonathan Armbruster, his team came up with the name Greedo by accident . In the process of doing experiments with the fish, Chris Hamilton, Jonathan's colleague suddenly remarked, "This fish looks like some guy in Star Wars . " At that moment, Jonathan thought of the image of assassin Greedo with a fish face and big eyes like Peckoltia greedoi. So the name Greedo fish was born.

The incredible similarity between Greedo and Peckoltia greedoi

This interesting story named Peckoltia greedoi joins the list of famous animal names. Before Greedo, scientists also did the same for many animals. These include Beyoncé flies, rabbits Hugh Hefner, spiders John Lennon .