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Labyrinthos researchers are currently studying reproductive patterns via these beautiful freshwater fish.
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A unique variety of wavekin bred in the Dravanian colony. The exodus saw its return to Old Sharlayan, where the most beautiful specimens are selectively bred and propagated.
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This unusually hardy freshwater koi is found throughout Labyrinthos.
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This member of the koi family is capable of adapting effortlessly to any and all climes. Its uncommon durability made it a prime candidate for release into the waters of Labyrinthos, the better to test its tolerance to artificial environs.
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This freshwater wavekin is bred for research purposes at the Mover Alpha.
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This lichen-hued wavekin is entirely unique to Labyrinthos. Its existence proves that breeding species with typically broad migratory patterns within confined environments has promise as a method for developing optimal food sources.
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A freshwater fish marked by the large black stripe on its body.
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Few would describe this wavekin’s coloration as unique, and fewer still can distinguish it from similar species─of which there are many─as its only defining feature is the black stripe that appears when predators encroach upon its territory.
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A king among greengill salmon and lord of the waters of the Mover Alpha.
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The mossy growth between the scales of this greengill salmon gives it an especially verdant appearance. Far from being detrimental, the moss is said to aid in keeping the creature's microbial organisms in a healthy state.
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A freshwater fish whose scales boast an iridescent shimmer.
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Though perhaps too conspicuous for its own good, this wavekin’s shimmering scales and striped orange tail fin make for a welcome sight to naturalists in the know, as its diet of moss and microbial organisms helps maintain balance within the biosphere.
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A freshwater fish recognizable by its golden brown fins.
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A subspecies of snook reared in hypogean hatcheries. Their coloration and musculature differ from that of their superterranean siblings, a fact which is no doubt both meaningful and revealing to those who care about such things.
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A crustacean that is never far from an underwater aether current.
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A freshwater crustacean with a moss-green carapace. Its habit of ingesting aether makes it a crude-yet-effective means for measuring the aetheric concentration of any water source.
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A king among fat snook, and lord of the waters of Unmoved Source Alpha.
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This burly wavekin has grown to its gargantuan size by gorging itself on the bountiful nutrients found in the waters circulating from Unmoved Source Alpha. Astonishingly muscle-bound, it spends its days swimming against the tide, further embiggening itself to─one assumes─compensate for its fragile ego.
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This cichlid doubles as a mosaic tile to the imaginative minds of Labyrinthos. (No fish were harmed in the making of this secret underground facility.)
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A variety of peacock bass whose large stripes distinguish it from others of its kind. As its habitat dictates its pigmentation and patterns, this wavekin is of great interest to researchers in Labyrinthos for both scientific and aesthetic reasons.
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A tiny fish commonly found at Unmoved Source Alpha.
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A diminutive wavekin known for its adaptability in the face of both pollution and extreme temperature changes. It feeds on foreign contaminants and the eggs of insects found in the waters circulating from Unmoved Source Alpha.
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Researchers are currently observing the life-cycle of this freshwater fish at the Mover Beta.
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This entomophagous wavekin’s pointed snout hides a unique propulsion mechanism that shoots water at high speeds to stun prey. Its incredible level of accuracy has led many to believe that it can detect aetheric fluctuations.
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This freshwater fish is known for its considerable size and its charcoal color.
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Known for its ominous scales of shimmering sable, legend has it this wavekin is the living manifestation of a thief’s blade. Such tall tales were quickly revealed as fiction, though, when ichthyologists began to rear them in hatcheries.
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One must wonder whether this thick-shelled crustacean’s name was approved by the Ishgardian Orthodox Church.
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For reasons as of yet unknown, Sharlayan naturalists have recently been inundated by a veritable mountain of inquiries from anonymous adventurers asking why this species of shrimp does not have the ability to transform into a shrimp-sized sword and fire shrimp-sized beams of rime. Perplexed by the specificity of the question, they have been unable to give a satisfactory answer.
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This freshwater shrimp was released into the waters near the Mover Beta as part of a biological study.
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This variety of long-clawed wavekin is the oldest of its kind and originated in the waters of the Near East, though few are to be found there at present. Labyrinthos’s ichthyologists are currently researching the viability of breeding more in captivity.
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A king among darksteel knifefish, and lord of the waters of the Mover Beta.
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Sharlayan ichthyologists held a number of symposiums to narrow down the myriad suggestions for substances darker than darksteel when naming this anomalous knifefish. That it is both more stygian and more lustrous than its kin that yet dwell in the species’ native habitat is attributed to ideal breeding conditions in captivity.
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A freshwater fish known for its shimmering emerald scales.
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Despite every appearance of it being a member of the salmonid class of wavekin, this fish is in fact a variety of koi hatched in Sharlayan and the product of selective breeding. During spawning season, its blue scales instead adopt a red hue.
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This ancient freshwater fish is, conveniently, now to be found in Unmoved Source Beta.
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Though hatched in captivity, this variety of bowfin has existed unchanged since time out of mind, proof that its reddish brown scales provide the perfect camouflage amongst roots or driftwood. Even the safety of an artificial environment has yet to cause it to evolve in any significant way.
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A king among red bowfins, and lord of the waters of Unmoved Source Beta.
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The swampsucker bowfin prowls the muddy depths of its freshwater home, inhaling muck, nutritious vilekin, and unfortunate frogs all the same. As a result of this indiscriminating method of predation, it is just as often found regurgitating clouds of silt.
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A variant of astacus prized for its brilliant blue pigmentation.
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A propagated color variant, this wavekin has an exquisite cobalt hue which is thought to be caused by the complex aether flowing both above and below ground in Sharlayan.
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Labyrinthos researchers employ this freshwater wavekin in studying the water quality in Deepmoat.
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Though classified as a freshwater wavekin, this fish is capable of surviving in both polluted environs and saltwater. Their copious numbers in Labyrinthos are likely an indication of the quality of their breeding grounds.