Species #26,131 of 42,840
Acanthosphyraena ferruginea
Acanthosphyraena ferruginea furciparva is a species of alien fish in Fish of Ganymede: a barracuda with a spiky dorsal fin, Rust Vent colouring, a fork tail and a small mouth. It lives in under the ice, 0 m to 300 m under Ganymede’s ice. It was first found by vAldo on 2 November 2026.
At a glance
| Body plan | Barracuda |
|---|---|
| Dorsal fin | Spiky |
| Colouring | Rust Vent |
| Tail | Fork |
| Mouth | Small |
| Home depth | Under the ice (0 m–300 m), diving level 1 |
| Diet | Omnivore |
| First fish’s rarity | Uncommon |
| First found | 2 November 2026 by vAldo |
| Players who have found it | 1 |
| Swimming today | 1 fish |
What the name means
Acanthosphyraena ferruginea means roughly “rust-coloured spine-hammer”: from acantho- (spine) and sphyraena (hammer), and ferruginea (rust-coloured). 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 under the ice (it opens at diving level 1) and look for a barracuda with Rust Vent 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.