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Loose Thread Eel

Vitta migrans

Midnight54 cm, measured along the body · Threading · shallow-deep

Field record

This eel threads gaps in the rock a band above here, and tonight the drone found what looks like the same animal doing it again, deeper than its usual range. It moves the identical way, nose first into a crack, body following in one motion, no different for the extra depth. I have no reason to think this is a new animal, only a familiar one further from home.

Marginal note: “the same body seen higher up, just further down the wall than logged before”

Habitat

ZoneThe Lower Dark

Depth range2,100–2,800 m

DiscoveryNo special condition — found simply by piloting close enough to identify it.

Catching it

A Midnight-tier catch needs at least a Braided Net— anything under that rating can never hold it, whatever the throw. Bought at the Quartermaster’s counter for 300 crystals. A held net inks this entry for good and pays its ledger bonus on the spot.

Ledger bonus on capture+2.5% Yield

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