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Histiodiscus algarum

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

Histiodiscus algarum flabellilata is a species of alien fish in Fish of Ganymede: a deep with a sail dorsal fin, Kelp Ghost 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 kok on 6 November 2026.

At a glance

Body planDeep
Dorsal finSail
ColouringKelp Ghost
TailFan
MouthWide
Home depthMidnight water (2 km–8 km), diving level 10
DietOmnivore
First fish’s rarityCommon
First found6 November 2026 by kok
Players who have found it1
Swimming today0 fish

What the name means

Histiodiscus algarum means roughly “of the kelp sail-disc”: from histio- (sail) and discus (disc), 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 deep 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.

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