Species #21,385 of 42,840
Acanthoostracion margaritacea
Acanthoostracion margaritacea furciparva is a species of alien fish in Fish of Ganymede: a boxfish with a spiky dorsal fin, Europa Pearl colouring, a fork tail and a small mouth. It lives in twilight drift, 300 m to 2 km under Ganymede’s ice. It was first found by kok on 7 November 2026.
At a glance
| Body plan | Boxfish |
|---|---|
| Dorsal fin | Spiky |
| Colouring | Europa Pearl |
| Tail | Fork |
| Mouth | Small |
| Home depth | Twilight drift (300 m–2 km), diving level 4 |
| Diet | Herbivore |
| First fish’s rarity | Legendary |
| First found | 7 November 2026 by kok |
| Players who have found it | 1 |
| Swimming today | 1 fish |
What the name means
Acanthoostracion margaritacea means roughly “pearly spine-little box”: from acantho- (spine) 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 twilight drift (it opens at diving level 4) 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.