Southern Gillfin

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Southern Gillfin
(Brachydeirichthys austellus)
Main image of Southern Gillfin
Species is extant.
Information
CreatorMnidjm Other
Week/Generation26/160
HabitatSouth LadyM Polar Ocean (Sunlight Zone), South LadyM Temperate Ocean (Sunlight Zone), LadyM Ocean (Twilight Zone), South Jujubee Polar Ocean (Sunlight Zone), South Jujubee Temperate Ocean (Sunlight Zone), Jujubee Ocean (Twilight Zone), South Sagan 4 Ice Sheet, Colddigger Polar Coast, Fermi Polar Coast, Dass Temperate Coast, Wind Temperate Coast, Krakow Polar Shallows, Nemo Polar Shallows, Dixon-Darwin (Twilight Slope), Dixon-Darwin (Twilight Floor), Fermi Twilight Sea Mount, Krakow Twilight Sea Mount, Nemo Twilight Sea Mount
Size35 cm Long
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportUnknown
DietHerbivore (Snotflora, Marbleflora, Marine Tuffdra, Fermi Tuffdra, Polar Hummroot)
RespirationSemi-Active (Ram Gill)
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionSexual, Two Sexes, Sticky-Egg to the Tails of Either Sex
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Binucleozoa
Symbiovermes (info)
Pterigiophora (info)
Rostroichthyes
Dorsibranchia (info)
Erpinaletidae
Brachydeirichthys
Brachydeirichthys austellus
Ancestor:Descendants:


The Southern Gillfin has adapted to life in the colder waters of the southern oceans. Their bodies have plumped up, to provide them with better insulation. Their necks have also shrunk considerably. They reproduce twice a year, mating in large congregations. once the eggs are fertilized, the females will lay their eggs either onto the tail of another or will lay their eggs directly into the water and then 'catch' them with their tail. The eggs will stay their for about a month and a half, before they hatch and move out on their own. The young are fully grown after 2 years, and they can live to be 35–42 years old. They are so successful, they have not only replaced their ancestors, but they have out competed all Islandball Gillfin in their overlapping territory, though the Scuttleball Gillfin has managed to survive.