Nestled Clingfish

Lepidobranchus latens

Coastal9 cm · Sheltering · territorial

Filed in the field ledger, but not yet swimming in any water reachable today — real content, not a placeholder, waiting on its own unlock.

Field record

It has worn a groove into the underside of one particular boulder and will not be talked into any other address. Roll the stone and it does not flee so much as look faintly put out, as though the inconvenience were mine.

Marginal note: “it nests where the stone sits heavy — something with a claw could move that”

Habitat

ZoneSunlit Reef

Depth range0–600 m

DiscoveryFiled in the field ledger, but not yet swimming in any water reachable today.

Catching it

A Coastal-tier catch needs at least a Fine Mesh Net— anything under that rating can never hold it, whatever the throw. Bought at the Quartermaster’s counter for 90 crystals. A held net inks this entry for good and pays its ledger bonus on the spot.

Ledger bonus on capture+4 Fleet Haul

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