Species #5,300 of 42,840
Leioglobus lucerna
Leioglobus lucerna furcilata is a species of alien fish in Fish of Ganymede: a puffer with a low dorsal fin, Lantern Deep colouring, a fork tail and a wide mouth. It lives in twilight drift, 300 m to 2 km under Ganymede’s ice. It was first found by Ganymede Traders on 4 November 2026.
At a glance
| Body plan | Puffer |
|---|---|
| Dorsal fin | Low |
| Colouring | Lantern Deep |
| Tail | Fork |
| Mouth | Wide |
| Home depth | Twilight drift (300 m–2 km), diving level 4 |
| Diet | Herbivore |
| First fish’s rarity | Epic |
| First found | 4 November 2026 by Ganymede Traders |
| Players who have found it | 1 |
| Swimming today | 1 fish |
What the name means
Leioglobus lucerna means roughly “lamp smooth-ball”: from leio- (smooth) and globus (ball), and lucerna (lamp). 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 twilight drift (it opens at diving level 4) and look for a puffer with Lantern Deep 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.