Ornate Cyclops Cod
Evolved from G. cyclopsi in zone 9, they moved to zone 1 in the search of food, less predation, and breeding grounds. They reach sizes of 20 cm due to the lack of predators, abundance of food, and genetic selection, with larger individuals laying more eggs and being more healthy compared to smaller individuals. They form schools of 20 – 40 individuals, and when spawning they lay around 60 – 80 eggs in vegetation, with only 10 – 20 eggs successfully hatching, and 5 – 8 fry making it to adult hood. the high mortality rate of eggs is due to them being small and hard to see, meaning that when laid in vegetation, they get eaten by other base consumers feeding on the vegetation, this includes other G. aggressor.
Juveniles are various hues of green to blend in with vegetation, adult males are blue with a dark green, blue and turquoise mask on their face, adult females are a greyish green with a dark green and teal mask on their face, both sexes develop a orange and greyish-blue “saddle” on their backs to break up their body shape, essentially using dazzle camouflage.
G. aggressor is not picky on what it eats, consuming both plant matter and other organisms, they are known to consume A. Invictus, A. okeanus, D. cyanoensis, F. cenafolius, F. foliumicroeus, L. cytosol, S. podius, S. xanthensis, L. lentus, T. pelagicus (juveniles), H. rotundus (juveniles), M. faceroglutinus. they have developed a more omnivorous diet from consuming muscals that live near the polyphs they eat, to aid their more omnivorous diet they developed denser lips, allowing them to grip onto plants and prey items better. due to their larger sizes, they have developed larger guts that makes it easier to digest food.
Despite their larger sizes they still have their predators, these are T. gigantocetus, N. xenocytus, T. pelagicus and T. katharagnathus.
