Species #3,073 of 42,840

Histiodiscus aurea

The first Histiodiscus aurea ever found, swimming live. Its hidden genes stay hidden.

Histiodiscus aurea furciparva is a species of alien fish in Fish of Ganymede: a deep with a sail dorsal fin, Brine Gold colouring, a fork tail and a small mouth. It lives in the abyss, 8 km to 25 km under Ganymede’s ice. It was first found by vAldo on 1 November 2026.

At a glance

Body planDeep
Dorsal finSail
ColouringBrine Gold
TailFork
MouthSmall
Home depthThe abyss (8 km–25 km), diving level 18
DietHerbivore
First fish’s rarityUncommon
First found1 November 2026 by vAldo
Players who have found it1
Swimming today1 fish

What the name means

Histiodiscus aurea means roughly “golden sail-disc”: from histio- (sail) and discus (disc), and aurea (golden). 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 the abyss (it opens at diving level 18) and look for a deep with Brine Gold 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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