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Taeniodiscus ferruginea

The first Taeniodiscus ferruginea ever found, swimming live. Its hidden genes stay hidden.

Taeniodiscus ferruginea furciparva is a species of alien fish in Fish of Ganymede: a deep with a ribbon dorsal fin, Rust Vent colouring, a fork tail and a small mouth. It lives in hadal trenches, 25 km to 60 km under Ganymede’s ice. It was first found by kok on 7 November 2026.

At a glance

Body planDeep
Dorsal finRibbon
ColouringRust Vent
TailFork
MouthSmall
Home depthHadal trenches (25 km–60 km), diving level 28
DietHerbivore
First fish’s rarityRare
First found7 November 2026 by kok
Players who have found it1
Swimming today1 fish

What the name means

Taeniodiscus ferruginea means roughly “rust-coloured ribbon-disc”: from taenio- (ribbon) and discus (disc), 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 hadal trenches (it opens at diving level 28) and look for a deep 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.

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