Species #523 of 42,840
Histioichthys ferruginea
Histioichthys ferruginea lyriparva is a species of alien fish in Fish of Ganymede: a torpedo with a sail dorsal fin, Rust Vent colouring, a lyre tail and a small mouth. It lives in midnight water, 2 km to 8 km under Ganymede’s ice. It was first found by vAldo on 2 November 2026.
At a glance
| Body plan | Torpedo |
|---|---|
| Dorsal fin | Sail |
| Colouring | Rust Vent |
| Tail | Lyre |
| Mouth | Small |
| Home depth | Midnight water (2 km–8 km), diving level 10 |
| Diet | Herbivore |
| 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
Histioichthys ferruginea means roughly “rust-coloured sail-fish”: from histio- (sail) and ichthys (fish), 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 midnight water (it opens at diving level 10) and look for a torpedo 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.