Species #25,815 of 42,840
Histiosphyraena algarum
Histiosphyraena algarum xiphirostrata is a species of alien fish in Fish of Ganymede: a barracuda with a sail dorsal fin, Kelp Ghost colouring, a sword tail and a beak mouth. It lives in midnight water, 2 km to 8 km under Ganymede’s ice. It was first found by CoralTender324 on 6 November 2026.
At a glance
| Body plan | Barracuda |
|---|---|
| Dorsal fin | Sail |
| Colouring | Kelp Ghost |
| Tail | Sword |
| Mouth | Beak |
| Home depth | Midnight water (2 km–8 km), diving level 10 |
| Diet | Omnivore |
| First fish’s rarity | Epic |
| First found | 6 November 2026 by CoralTender324 |
| Players who have found it | 1 |
| Swimming today | 1 fish |
What the name means
Histiosphyraena algarum means roughly “of the kelp sail-hammer”: from histio- (sail) and sphyraena (hammer), and algarum (of the kelp). 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 barracuda with Kelp Ghost 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.