Pygmesangnathus sandapygmeus

Pygmesangnathus sandapygmeus
Creator	Spinoyonyx
Information
Status	Extant
Zones	5A, 5
Roles	Base-Consumer, Predator
Classification
Genus	Pygmesangnathus
Species	Pygmesangnathus sandapygmeus
Evolution
Date	May 8th, 2020
Ancestor	Pygmegnathusensis pygmeus
Descendants	No results

Evolved from S. pgymeus that developed protection against Bacterium kleptospiritus by producing antibodies that defend its body from B. kleptospiritus when it enters the body from their gills.

Found in zone 5 and 5A they get up to 1.2 feet long. They feed on A. exspiravitus, A. osone, F.filtaclama, J. jelouhellou, T.spinyensis, and D. ramphops. They usually bite pieces off species or swallow prey whole. They live solitarily swimming in shallow open waters usually swimming next to the substrate to forage and hunt while hiding in vegetation and under rocks when predators come or when sleeping. They have lungs to breathe air so they can spawn on the shores of beaches and to flee from territorial fights. However they can only last ~2 hours on land before desiccation so it must return to the water.

When breeding groups of 30-50 will go to the shores and start climbing onto the beaches using their lobed fins and start spawning. Each female will lay up to 40-100 eggs in the substrate. The eggs are left at the shore in the sandy beaches submerged. The eggs can also resist going on dry land but develop slower. Once the eggs hatch they babies dig themselves out of the sand in the 1thousands and crawl to the sea. The babies are independent and can survive in groups but once they are subadult they become solitary.