Species #254 of 42,840

Leioichthys lucerna

The first Leioichthys lucerna ever found, swimming live. Its hidden genes stay hidden.

Leioichthys lucerna flabellilata is a species of alien fish in Fish of Ganymede: a torpedo with a low dorsal fin, Lantern Deep colouring, a fan tail and a wide mouth. It lives in midnight water, 2 km to 8 km under Ganymede’s ice. It was first found by vAldo on 1 November 2026.

At a glance

Body planTorpedo
Dorsal finLow
ColouringLantern Deep
TailFan
MouthWide
Home depthMidnight water (2 km–8 km), diving level 10
DietOmnivore
First fish’s rarityUncommon
First found1 November 2026 by vAldo
Players who have found it1
Swimming today1 fish

What the name means

Leioichthys lucerna means roughly “lamp smooth-fish”: from leio- (smooth) and ichthys (fish), and lucerna (lamp). 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 torpedo with Lantern Deep 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.

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