Effulgent Scylarian

Effulgent Scylarian
(Dracosqualus illustrious)



23/145, Solar Flare
Information
Creator	Nergali ^Other
Week/Generation	21/137
Habitat	Ramul Temperate Coast, Dass-Clarke Temperate Sea, Anguan Temperate Coast
Size	3 m long
Primary Mobility	Unknown
Support	Endoskeleton (Bone)
Diet	Carnivore (Yellow-Belly Nailfin, Majestic Nailfin, Shortbeak Gilltail)
Respiration	Active (Nasal Gills)
Thermoregulation	Mesotherm
Reproduction	Sexual, 2 Sexes, Live Birth
Taxonomy
Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species	Eukaryota Carpozoa Spondylozoa Squalichthyes (info) Dracoselachia Dracosqualidae Dracosqualus Dracosqualus illustrious

Ancestor:	Descendants:
Scylarian	Azularian

Splitting from its ancestor, the effulgent scylarian has moved to closer to the surface and now patrols the coasts of western Darwin. A serpentine predator, it has the food requirements of a creature just half its size. In order to meet this requirement, though, it feeds primarily on the yellow-belly nailfin, though it is known to attack majestic nailfins surfacing to breath and to go after large schools of shortbeak gilltail. It tends to use ambush tactics on its larger prey, first locating its prey via smell, taste, sight, and/or its sensory chin strips and then striking them from a blind spot such as from below and then allowing them to bleed to death.

During the mating season the coloration on the males becomes extremely vibrant. While this is detrimental to their hunting skills, it greatly increases its chances of getting a mate. This season lasts 3–4 weeks, after which the females will give birth within a five-month period. These young will stay with their mother for about 2–3 weeks before going out on their own. For most of their lives they will then be solitary predators, though they may come together in order to take advantage of a rich feeding ground.