Communoslontus populator

Communoslontus populator
Creator	D̜͙̟͉ìn̨̹o̬̗C̼̮̣͡óaͅt͜
Information
Status	Extant
Zones	6, 13, 26
Roles	Base-Consumer, Scavenger
Classification
Genus	Communoslontus
Species	Communoslontus populator
Evolution
Date	March 11th, 2019
Ancestor	Civitoslontus communis
Descendants	No results

This descendant of Suboslontus communis is classified in a new genus, Communoslontus. Communoslontus has brought its fins up vertically to correspond with its vertical swimming style and has brought the fins closer together on the back. The tail fluke has further advanced and has enlarged in order to have stronger propulsion through the water, and sets consisting of a single fleshy dorsal fin that increases thrust and a fleshy anal fin that stabilizes the bottom of the tail have also started to develop. Lip muscles allow the mouth to open further and close, deciding how much food to take in. Communoslontus also tend to live in large schools numbering in the thousands in deeper waters, and with the evolving predators they have lost the fear of living in overpopulation, now lacking a population filter.

The most basal species of Communoslontus is Communoslontus populator. Communoslontus populator is a blueish silver like its ancestor but shows another stripe on the side of its torso, which showed up by random chance. This species in particular is not a picky eater and feeds on floating polyph matter and small pieces of muscal flesh that can fit in their mouths, but is only comfortable in ocean water that is at least thirty meters (30m) in depth.Communoslontus populator grows to a maximum size of twenty two centimeters (22cm) in length.

Communoslontus populator reproduces once a month after reaching maturity, which takes three (3) to four (4) weeks. There are no complex mating rituals. The school syncs their mating seasons as the leftover eggs are what form their own schools, and males and females will close up together for a short amount of time. The females simply lay 75-100 eggs and the males release sperm onto the eggs, meaning that fertilization chances are random. Many of the offspring will be predated before maturity, but those who do survive form their own schools with eachother and occasionally merge with other schools.