Field record
Its back is patterned in the exact broken gold of sunlight through moving water, so precisely that I lost it twice against open sand before it deigned to move. It banked once through a shaft of real light and, for a moment, vanished into its own camouflage.
Marginal note: “vanishes in its own reflection”
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+4 Light Radius
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: