Blue Mackerel Cod

Three-Head
ed Cod

Practically worthless but enough

Lumpy Ma ckerel
to stave off hunger.

Plentiful and basic.

Fanged Cod
Grotes que Mackerel
Three heads writhe and struggle in
unison. Three mouths hang agape,
A writhing mass of lumps, twisting then close shut together. Three lives
and pulling their way under the lived as one. One fate bound to many.
scales of their vessel. How long
can it have lived like this?

Al-
l Seein g C
o d
Many-Eyed Ma ckere
l
Corrupted scales and bulbous eyes
- like nothing you’ve ever seen Deviantly sharp teet
before. h, with chunks
of smaller fish lodg
ed between. A
hunger in its eyes.

Gill plates dotted with eyeballs.

Superfluous but scanning, Staring outwards, unblinking. Eyes
frantically. All eyes see right borrowed from a larger being but not
through you. the mind to process what it sees.
 Arrow Squid Grey Eel

Barbed Eel
A slimy creature, tainted with the
silt and muck of the seabed.
Rises from the depths at night to feed
- or be fed upon. Snag Squid

A spine broken with sharp angles

and crooked curves. A row of
Tastin g tongues w
rithe wildly teeth bent on revenge.
Brood Squid around sets of ye
teeth. The top ro
llowed, crooked Host Eel
w are flattened
like human molars.

Tentacles sprout from a glowing Numerous glowing shapes flicker

core inside a gelatinous sac. Other and squirm behind a distended
cores lay dormant alongside. ribcage. The rest of the fish is
withered and drained.
 Gulf Flounder Black Grouper

r
Riddled Flou
n der Tusked Groupe

A pathetic, cowardly bottom-

dwelling fish.
A short, stocky fish with
mottled black colouring. Perfect
camouflage in the black waters
of night.

Cyclopean Flounder Voltaic Grouper

Baggy skin perforated with countless Pig-like tusks protrude from the
cavities. A singular, shapeless mass mouth of this ravenous brute. With
spreads underneath . no eyes to speak of, it attacks
indiscriminately.

A sprawlin g, jellied ma An unknown green en

ss spills from ergy ar cs and
a sin gle eye so cket. crackles over this fi
What appears sh’s scales. It
to be a dark pupil is thrashes ceaselessly
in fa ct the , even hours
center of an eg g. after bein g pulled fr
om the water.
 Stingray Bronze Whaler
Shard Ray

A beautifully coloured, but deadly

Bloodskin Shark
predator.

Good eating but requires careful

preparation.

The stone skin of this ray is moulded

around a black crystal shard. The
rock fragments articulate and grind
Sailfish together.

Blacktip Reef Shark

Tendons and sinews stretch over
the fins of this bloodied predator.
Powerful jaws are clad in exposed
muscle.

Sallow Sailfish
Cleft-mouth Shark
Usually placid during the day, these
predators enter a frenzied hunt
Impossibly quick, but the bill and sail when the sun sets.
don’t sell for much.

A sickly, pallid color coats the scales A large body bisected by an

of this normally sleek and shiny enormous, grinning maw. Teeth
fish. Clouded eyes belie the disease stretch down forever into the
spreading underneath . blackness of its large gullet.
 Common Crab Fiddler Crab Oceanic Perch Gnashin g Perch

A crusty carapace and clicking Also known as the Rose fish, this
A relatively normal sized crab with a
claws. Caught in a cage close to brightly coloured little fish has
preposterously large claw. The claw can grip
the coast. sharp, thorny fins.
with incredible strength, but the arm is
fragile and can be snapped off with ease. Eyeless and mindless
. Driven only by
Ro ck Crab
the desire to consum
e. A purpose
Decorator Crab Tiger Mackerel
satiated many times
over.

Flayed Ma ckerel

A popular crab for eating.

Having covered itself in detritus, Slightly more substantial than
this creature hardly resembles a other mackerel species but harder
crab at all. to catch.
Crown of Thorns
Blue Crab
Bearded Mackerel
Rended flesh with muscle and bone
exposed. This gory mess of a fish
can’t have lived like this for long.

With many heavily spined arms, this
star fish is extremely hardy. It’s a
destructive pest and not worth selling.
Also known as Swimmer Crabs, these The wispy tendrils sprouting from
colour ful crabs have two flattened its mouth and flanks continue to
legs
that act as paddles, allowin g them writhe long after the fish has
to swim
very effectively. stopped flailing.
Black Sea Bass Blackmouth Salmon
De cayin g
Bla ckmou
t h

S courin g Bass

The dark bands on its flanks help it

camouflage, making this a fearsome es to keep,
You’ve promis
night predator - if you’re a small nd miles to swim
shrimp. Bla ckmouth . A
ep.
before you sle
A shimmering blackness permeates the
flesh of this relentless fish. Muscles
Conger Eel atrophied and decaying, but still it swims
on.

Often found hidin g in

Stonefish Shapes swirl inside bulging, clouded eyes.
Blinded by the light of the surface, but
shipwrecks or cavernous
holes durin g the day, only
perfectly suited to searching the depths. emerging at night to hunt.

Gelatinou
s Stonef i
sh
Sproutin g Eel

This miserable looking creature

carries a dangerous amount of
venom in its dorsal fins. Handle
with care.

Flesh and scales intent on shuffling An eruption of crystalline growths burst

away from a creature struggling to from its skin. Sharp shapes clatter and
maintain its mortal form. resonate together.
 Devil Ray
Withered Ra Wre ckf ish
y

Slow moving and slow growing, Typically inhabiting caves and

Bony Wre ckf ish
these rare rays don’t make for shipwrecks, these fish can grow
particularly good eating. big enough to eat small sharks.
Rotten webbing spans the wings of
this large ray. Sinews stretch and snap
as it thrashes in futility.

Sturgeon

Encased in bony protrusions and

Shattered Wre ckfish struggling to move its encumbered fins.
Its gills are almost sealed shut by the
growths.

Translu cent Sturgeon

A primitive looking fish with hard,

spiky plates lined up along its back.

The simple clockwork mechanisms of

life laid bare as a tenuous, skeletal A cracked husk of scaly plates
existence. sliding atop pulsing miscoloured
flesh.
 Aurora Jellyfish Barreleye

Parhelion Je
lly f ish

Voideye
A bizarre creature with a
transparent head, housing two
tubular eyes that can rotate to
Illuminating the netherworld with point upwards as well as forwards.
a dull glow. With few predators,
this species is spreading rapidly.

Two spires of light shine from within

its hood. Stinging spiked tentacles

Fanged Cod trail below. Firefly Squid Inside its eye, a perpetual pattern
repeats. Red cyclones meld
through shimmering green swirls.
The abyss burns through you.

Cursed Fa
n gtooth

Radiant S quid
This tiny, sparkling squid spends
most of its time in the deep
ocean, rising to the surface as it
nears the end of its life.
Small, with dispropo
rtionately
large teeth. This sle
nder fish has
barely any meat on
it.

A small and feeble mind, easily conquered.

Now, brought screaming from the A beacon from the depths below.
depths, it lies powerless. A glimpse of a new sky.
Red Snapper Loosejaw
Perished
L oosejaw

Blood Snapper

A very popular eating

fish, often ator
found hangin g around
ro cky coastal s be low it s eyes, this pred
hlight
waters and reefs. With red searc lik e te et h . Its stoma ch ca
n
edl e-
hunts with ne n itself.
a nd to h old p rey larger tha
exp
A few ragged scraps of skin hang like
cobwebs from its fins. Its exposed
muscles are riddled with small white
Snailfish worms.

Giant Amphipod Blood leaks endlessly from under

its scales, pooling beneath it no
matter where it’s placed.

Adapted to suit the high pressure

Cal cif ied Snailf ish
environment of the deep, this
Ruptured Vessel fish begins to implode as it’s
dra gged to the sur face.
After spending years scavenging
fallen carcasses on the ocean
floor, this crustacean has grown
extremely large.

Willing host, or sacrificial Waiting in dormancy for its moment to

receptacle? arrive.
Coral Grouper Anglerfish

h
Consumed Groupe
r Burstin g An gler f is
Dangling a bright lure in front of
Commonly found hovering above its open mouth, this deep-sea
offshore reefs, this large fish predator preys on the curious.
ambushes smaller fish that dare
leave the protection of the coral.

Glowin g O ctopus Barracuda The deep faces its own

Once dazzling skin now bleached consequences of creation. In the
and eroded. It barely resists, darkness, brutality becomes the
relieved at a final end. ultimate filter.

Medusa O ctopus Sava ge Barra cuda

This ferocious fish is capable of
This remarkable octopus emits great bursts of speed, and hunts by
light from its suckers in a swirling, biting its prey clean in half.
twinkling pattern.

It thrashes about ruinously, jaws

snapping and tearing its own
Eight snapping mouths crawl over flesh apart. A body sundered by
each other at the behest of a ravenous hatred.
silent master.
 Hammerhead Shark Spiny Lobster

Giant Mud Crab

Gazin g Shark

A large shark species with an

iconic silhouette. These animals
have incredibly good eyesight for When threatened, these deli cious
hunting. creatures can rub their lon g
antennae against their body,
producing a loud screechin g sound.

e
Highly cannibalistic, these crabs hav
lled
been known to devour their soft she
Horsesh oe Crab brothers after moltin g.
Huge bulbous eyes move about
on large fleshy stalks, siphoning
energy from its body. Its search is
not over. S carle
t Praw
n

Grey Mullet Entwined Mullet

It looks freakish and unnatural, but
this ancient relic of the past sells
well.

A plain fish, often found in sandy or Twisting, twitching tendrils sprout Found in the depths of most oceans.
muddy areas. One of a few species from the gill plates of this little Swarms of them can consume crabs and
that can survive in brackish water. fish. They heave in unison, moving other small fish.
the fish against its will.
 Tarpon Gar

Claw f in Gar
Blistered Tarpon
A powerful fish capable of bursts An exceptionally long and slender fish.
of energy. Well suited to dashing Strong scales stretch down the length
into the mangrove roots to take of its body.
cover.

Sergeant Fish Scales given way to bubbling flesh.
A surface dweller singled out and
cleansed by the sun.
Longfin Eel Crooked talons hang from its fins.
Periodically they shudder and come
together, grasping like a hand.

Twinned
Eel s

Vortex Interloper
Sometimes called the Snook, this
drab fish feeds on anything smaller
than itself - including juveniles of
its own spe cies.
A long eel with delicate fins.
Spends the day coiled around the
roots of the mangrove trees, but
emerges at night to hunt.

A slow swirl twists its body, Endlessly pulling away, but torn apart
stretchin g it towards an unseen they would surely perish. Two spiteful
dimension. siblings splitting at the seams.
 Catfish Cusk Eel

Ni ghtwin g Cat f ish

Infernal Eel
Equipped with sensing barbels, this large A miserable looking eel, often
scavenger can dete ct morsels hidden in found hiding in cracks and crevices.
the mud.

in
Armored Searob Hooked barbels seek out prey in the
twistin g man groves. A once slug gish fish
given haste upon crimson fins.
Snake Mackerel
Grown fat from countless corpses
that rest in the deep. The
harbinger of a sick mercy for lost
souls.

Ossif ied Searobin

Serpentine Ma ckere
l
Slender, with dull black eyes and
a long snout. A greedy jaw full of
long, sharp teeth.

ored
all f ish w it h an gular arm r
A sm
It h a s se n so ry barbs unde
plates. rey
o dy t h at h elp it dete ct p
its b
d.
on the seabe

It lashes out with its teeth,

A small fish with angular armored plates. its tail. A hissing rises from its
It has sensory barbs under its body that mouth, and then from the water
help it detect prey on the seabed. around you.
 Pale Skate Defa ced Skate Frilled Shark

Twisted Shark
Considered by many to be a living
fossil. Though technically a shark,
it swims like an eel, hunting prey
with 300 needle-like teeth.

One of the deepest-living

species of skate, thought to use
Bones replace cartilage and erupt
hydrothermal vents as incubators
through soft skin. A frightening
for its egg cases.
new form begins to emerge.

Three tails that twist and turn.

Three unite behind the head.
Gh ost Shark Thrice the body that must be fed.

An ch ovy
An ch ovy King
Rapt Shark

Sometimes called the Chimera, this

phantom of the deep lacks the teeth
of other sharks, instead having three
bony grinding plates fused to its skull.
d
The tiny an ch ovy is harveste
d
in great quantities by man an
creature alike - but in their
numbers, they will persevere.
rds to
ni n g m aw turned upwa .
A grin
-like f ins, re
ady to mbers, they will rise
the sky. Win g ...and in their nu
take f li ght.
 Blackfin Tuna
Viperfish

Razormouth Tuna

These popular sport fish can prove

h
De crepit Viper f is
challenging to catch. Their strong, Hovering in wait above the sea
muscular bodies make for good eating. floor, these long fish bite and
attempt to swallow whatever
random prey they encounter.

Moonf ish Half teeth, half muscle, this fish’s sole

purpose is the pursuit of its unfortunate
prey.

Gnashing teeth are the only hint

Skeletal Moonf ish Collapsed Viperf ish

that this withered body still holds
life. An urge to bite that persists in
perpetuity.

his
, glit te ri n g s cales give t
Brilliant he
it s n a m e. U ni quely, it’s t
f ish f ish .
arm-blooded
only known w

A rejection of the light - or a

return to the ways of the deep?
Chittering bones still operate a ghostly
body impossibly devoid of organs.
 Rattail
Oar f ish
Con gealed R
attail

Found at great depths, these are

the most abundant of all deep-sea
fish. They gather in large numbers
around structures in the deep.

The flesh of this deep dweller has

turned to a thick ooze, secreting an
oily gel that covers its entire body.

Ocean Sunfish A splendorous, crested sea serpent.

The length of its massive body
catches the light, shimmering with
iridescence.

Charred S
unf ish

Th ou gh this giant is
the heaviest
known bony fish in
the world, its
slow, unarmored body
is vulnerable
to sharp teeth and
hungry jaws.

Scales chipped and flaking, its crackling

body is hot to the touch.
 Gulper Eel
Goliath Ti ger f ish

Few humans have ever seen this Fearsomely predatory, this gigantic fish
eel. Its great, gulping jaw can open is also one of the most aggressive. Its
wider than the length of its body. teeth are so large that they punch holes
through the opposing jaw.
 t h
Coela can

An ancient giant, battered by the

years gone by. Its slow eyes swivel
and look at you mournfully.