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Taeniomuraena aurea

The first Taeniomuraena aurea ever found, swimming live. Its hidden genes stay hidden.

Taeniomuraena aurea flabelliparva is a species of alien fish in Fish of Ganymede: an eel with a ribbon dorsal fin, Brine Gold colouring, a fan tail and a small mouth. It lives in the abyss, 8 km to 25 km under Ganymede’s ice. It was first found by kok on 7 November 2026.

At a glance

Body planEel
Dorsal finRibbon
ColouringBrine Gold
TailFan
MouthSmall
Home depthThe abyss (8 km–25 km), diving level 18
DietOmnivore
First fish’s rarityRare
First found7 November 2026 by kok
Players who have found it1
Swimming today1 fish

What the name means

Taeniomuraena aurea means roughly “golden ribbon-moray”: from taenio- (ribbon) and muraena (moray), and aurea (golden). 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 abyss (it opens at diving level 18) and look for an eel with Brine Gold 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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