Respirapiscus lunga

Respirapiscus lunga
Creator	Artemis is gone for a while
Information
Status	Extant
Zones	3, 4
Roles	Base-Consumer, Predator
Classification
Genus	Respirapiscus
Species	Respirapiscus lunga
Evolution
Date	March 2nd, 2019
Ancestor	Caelapiscus glidus
Descendants	Common Dracopup

These omnivorous Hexapiscus, which evolved from H. glidus, have several key differences from their ancestor species. First, their diet has expanded, encompassing all the muscals in zone 3 except G. flotensis and D. caerulea, even their ancestors like H. glidus; the polyphs they prey on now include A. osone, T. britala, T. extensiensis, T. trifecta and occasionally A. greenensis like their ancient ancestor H. primitus. The second major change is alterations to their respiratory system, which allows them to breath outside the water in addition to within it like they normally do. This ability allows them to glide outside the water for much longer (although still limited by it being unpowered) and at much greater distances from the surface. By doing so, they can build up great speed on dives, whether to escape D. caerulea trying to prey on them above the water (or Hexapiscus like H. predata or H. glidus trying to do the same below) or to ambush prey in the water, which would be caught completely unawares by the immense speed of the dives and the gliding above the surface obscuring the H. lunga from their view." Secondary to their altered respiratory system, their immune system and bodily defences have significantly hardened and improved to make up for the wider range of harmful materials and organisms they might encounter. In terms of body shape, their head and tail have both extended to become more flexible and aerodynamic for dives and gliding, their primary fins in the middle have become stronger and changed shape slightly for longer glides allowed for by their air-breathing state; and their smaller fins have adapted to become fine manipulators for directional control and small movements their tail or main fins would be too powerful for.
With the extended tail and head, larger body and other alterations, H. lunga measure up to 30cm on average, with the increased size supported by their wider diet and more efficient hunting methods. These also allow them to lay larger clutches of eggs, sometimes reaching upwards of 30 eggs per clutch, with approximately 70 per cent of a clutch's offspring surviving