Minnow Worm

Minnow Worm
Creator	Spinoyonyx
Information
Status	Extant
Common Name(s)	Minnow Worm
Zones	16
Roles	Base-Consumer, Scavenger
Classification
Genus	Lutuvislontus
Species	Lutuvislontus parvipisces
Evolution
Date	March 2nd, 2020
Ancestor	Civitoslontus communis
Descendants	Lutuvislontus lutuslutus

Evolved from C. communis they move to zone 16 due to competition and avoid predation. They are able to cope with freshwater by slowly acclimating to a lower salinity and their organs changed to expell more water out of their cloacas and from their gills to adapted to a freshwater environment. They alsodecrease in size and number in a group so they are able to sustain themselves with small amount of food.

Found in zone 16 they get up to 8cm long and swim in shoals of 20-40 individuals scavenging for any polyphs they could feed. They feed on F.subsultus, S. flumitala and dead carcasses. They also eat the occassion fallen leaves of Plortatus species, P. cashmonii and P. marcops. They also eat fallen seeds of the Plortatus species. Their colour is a brown back with a grey sides and belly to camoflauge from potential predators like S.magnificens.

When breeding they travel to the brackish part of the river as their eggs still need some salinity to survive. They will mate with a random partner of the opposite sex once a month. Females will lay batches of 50-70 eggs(decrease in egg amount to be able to sustain themselves and also due to their smaller size) in the nooks and crannies provided by rocks and pebbles before the school moves on again. Young are fully independent of themselves and will travel back to the freshwater part when they reach juvenile.