Hooknose Urphish

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Hooknose Urphish
(Ichthyouksip uredopiscis)
Main image of Hooknose Urphish
Species is extinct.
19/125, Loss of Food due to Ice Comet Impact Event
Information
CreatorBlarg Other
Week/Generation14/92
HabitatBlarg Cold Seep
Size13 cm Long
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportUnknown
DietLiquivore (insides of Blarg Pyamus)
RespirationUnknown
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionSexual, two sexes, waterborne mucus-lined sac of eggs
Taxonomy
Domain
Superkingdom
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Subclass
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Viridisagania
Mancerxa
Siphonozoa
Konydonta (info)
Echinopoda
Ichthyosepiomorpha
Ichthyosepii
Ichthyouksipidae
Ichthyouksip
Ichthyouksip uredopiscis
Ancestor:Descendants:

The hooknose urphish split from its ancestor when a group of urphish went deeper one day in search of a food source. For many years, they went farther and farther out, and deeper and deeper until eventually they reached the Blarg Cold Seep. They found a food source from the Blarg pyamus, a fungus-like organism with soft insides. The hooknose urphish gained the ability to puncture the flesh of the Blarg pyamus, then suck out its soft insides. The hook-shaped beak is the result if a mutation.

Living Relatives (click to show/hide)

These are randomly selected, and organized from lowest to highest shared taxon. (This may correspond to similarity more than actual relation)
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    Marine Urpoi (family Ichthyouksipidae)
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    Raq Urpoi (order Ichthyosepii)
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    Slow Urhook (subclass Ichthyosepiomorpha)
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    Uklunk (class Echinopoda)