Field record
It anchors itself tail-down in a single narrow burrow at the reef's sandy edge, upright and swaying alone rather than in the crowded colonies its cousins keep elsewhere on the flat. Bring the drone in low and it doesn't dart — it simply retracts straight down its own burrow in one smooth pull, like a needle drawn back through cloth. Wait long enough and only the tip resurfaces first, testing the water before the rest follows.
Habitat
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.
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: