Ocean Echofin

The ocean echofin split from its ancestor and was the result of cleaner echofins being pushed out of their habitats by the clarke cleaner echofin. They now are primarily filter-feeders due to the lack of hosts to clean, but it will still clean larger organisms if it comes across any. They have developed a rather ineffective form of camouflage similar to that of the ocean scorpodile. However, because of how thin their bodies are, they are hard to see from above and below, and easy to see from the side. This makes them easy to see because they don't blend in with the lighter waters above them and the darker waters below them. They will swim alongside ocean scorpodiles because they can blend in with their skin colors. However, when they do this, they are at risk of being eaten by the ocean scorpodile. They will also swim alongside large scylarian, lyngbakr, and hafgufa species because they are less likely to be eaten by these giants. They are particularly found swimming around cruelfang hafgufas because most species will try to avoid them. However, due to their small size, it is easy for them to lose their hosts. Because the ocean echofin spends much of its time in the open ocean without a host, they will form small shoals in order to decrease the odds of them being eaten. In environments where there are too many filter-feeders, they will resort to feeding on small mobile organisms. Most of their fins have atrophied due to them being useless, with only the first two being normal-sized. The first two fins are used to help steer and stabilize the organism. Ocean echofins will lay their eggs in raftball and bobiiro colonies. The young's skin color will match the color of the flora that they live among. The young will hide in the rafts' crevices, hiding from predators. The young spend their time exclusively filter-feeding until they grow to be about 10 cm long. After that, their skin turns blue and they leave the colony.