Vegetarian piranha and flying dinosaur among newly named species in 2024

New finds include a snake from the Indian Himalayas named after actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio and the piranha named after Lord Of The Rings villain Sauron

Myloplus sauron, a vegetarian piranha from the Amazon, named after Lord Of The Rings villain Sauron due to its orange and black markings that resemble "the eye". Picture: Mark H Sabaj/PA Wire

A vegetarian piranha from the Amazon and a flying dinosaur found on the Isle of Skye are among the species previously unknown to science that have been named this year.

Natural History Museum (NHM) scientists and their partners across the world named almost 200 species in the last 12 months.