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Acanthostomias algarum

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

Acanthostomias algarum rotundidentata is a species of alien fish in Fish of Ganymede: a dragon with a spiky dorsal fin, Kelp Ghost colouring, a round tail and a fanged mouth. It lives in the vent floor, 60 km to 100 km under Ganymede’s ice. It was first found by Ganymede Traders on 5 November 2026.

At a glance

Body planDragon
Dorsal finSpiky
ColouringKelp Ghost
TailRound
MouthFanged
Home depthThe vent floor (60 km–100 km), diving level 40
DietCarnivore
First fish’s rarityEpic
First found5 November 2026 by Ganymede Traders
Players who have found it1
Swimming today1 fish

What the name means

Acanthostomias algarum means roughly “of the kelp spine-big mouth”: from acantho- (spine) and stomias (big mouth), 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 the vent floor (it opens at diving level 40) and look for a dragon 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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