Mudsucker

Splitting from its ancestor, the mudsucker inhabits the shallows and coast of ninth salt lake, using its large mouth to adsorb microbes from the mud. Rather then actually “swallow” all of it, parts of its mouth have a lumpy surface that digests organic particles directly, although most nutrients are still gained from the main filtering tract. Because it spends the majority of its time in waters too shallow for it’s predators to reach it, the mudsucker performs heavy photosynthesis over almost its entire body giving it a vibrant green color (minus a few brown spots remaining from its old coloration that also give a slight bit of camouflage when in deeper water). However, like the lumpy portions of its mouth, photosynthesis only serves to add a bit of extra energy in addition to the main filtering. To better move about in the shallow water, its tenticles have become longer while its fins have decreased in size.