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Farwater Banner Ray

Vexillum longinquus

Abyssal3.1 m wingspan · Migrating · immense

Field record

Two long trailing fins stream behind it like wet banners, and it takes the better part of a minute just to cross the beam of the lamp. It doesn't feed here and it doesn't linger — whatever water it's actually bound for, this is only a hallway it passes through a few times a year.

Marginal note: “only ever passing through, never staying”

Habitat

ZoneTwilight Zone

Depth range600–1,300 m

DiscoveryNot in the water on any given day — tied to a rotating local calendar, present roughly one day in a handful.

Catching it

A Abyssal-tier catch needs at least a Heavy-Gauge Net— anything under that rating can never hold it, whatever the throw. Bought at the Quartermaster’s counter for 850 crystals. A held net inks this entry for good and pays its ledger bonus on the spot.

Ledger bonus on capture+14 Light Radius

Full capture mechanics — sighting vs. capture, the aim ring, why a net below a creature’s tier always bursts — in The Ledger.