Species #20,966 of 42,840
Histioostracion margaritacea
Histioostracion margaritacea furcilata is a species of alien fish in Fish of Ganymede: a boxfish with a sail dorsal fin, Europa Pearl colouring, a fork tail and a wide mouth. It lives in midnight water, 2 km to 8 km under Ganymede’s ice. It was first found by kok on 6 November 2026.
At a glance
| Body plan | Boxfish |
|---|---|
| Dorsal fin | Sail |
| Colouring | Europa Pearl |
| Tail | Fork |
| Mouth | Wide |
| Home depth | Midnight water (2 km–8 km), diving level 10 |
| Diet | Herbivore |
| First fish’s rarity | Legendary |
| First found | 6 November 2026 by kok |
| Players who have found it | 1 |
| Swimming today | 1 fish |
What the name means
Histioostracion margaritacea means roughly “pearly sail-little box”: from histio- (sail) and ostracion (little box), and margaritacea (pearly). Every species name is built from its genes: the dorsal fin and body plan give the genus, the colouring gives the species name, and the tail and mouth the last word.
How to find one
Dive to midnight water (it opens at diving level 10) and look for a boxfish with Europa Pearl colouring, or breed for it: you need all five of its traits to show at once, and some of them may be recessive, hidden in a parent’s second gene copy. The breeding screen shows the exact odds. See how fish genetics work.