Field record
A single minnow is nothing — a sliver of hammered tin catching the light and gone. But drop a hand into the school and for one half-second every fish in it turns the same direction at once, like a page of glass turning in the sun. I have never worked out what gives the order.
Marginal note: “a hundred small mirrors turning together”
Habitat
ZoneSunlit Reef
Depth range0–600 m
DiscoveryNo special condition — found simply by piloting close enough to identify it.
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+3 Speed
Full capture mechanics — sighting vs. capture, the aim ring, why a net below a creature’s tier always bursts — in The Ledger.
Sharing this water
Other species catalogued in Sunlit Reef: