Mee / Legends The mee , also known as a daggert , was a poisonous scalefish native to the waters of the Mid Rim planet of Naboo . The mee was rotund yet flat , with black - and - yellow scales and a set of poisonous spines that protruded from its centerline . With its diagonal striping pattern , it could camouflage itself and blend into its surroundings , such as sea grasses and reeds . Mee largely resided within Lake Paonga , around the underwater Gungan city of Otoh Gunga , and were later transported to Naboo ' s moon Ohma - D ' un in a Gungan recolonization effort , as well as the Outer Rim planet Aquilaris . Biology and appearance . Mee , sometimes referred to as daggerts , were poisonous and herbivorous scalefish native to the oceans of the Mid Rim planet Naboo but were also found on one of Naboo ' s moons , Ohma - D ' un , and the Outer Rim planet Aquilaris . The typical mee possessed a rotund though vertically flat body , with black - and - yellow scales and poisonous spines that protruded from its centerline . Its diagonal striping served as camouflage , allowing it to blend into sea grasses and reeds . Larger varieties of mee known as jumbo daggerts existed in the core of Naboo and were considered much rarer than their surface counterparts . Behavior . Mee reproduced frequently , though they possessed a short lifespan . They survived by nibbling at the root s of plants growing in the water . Mee were plentiful , traveling in schools of thousands , and were a staple food source of many other species , such as the opee sea killer , faa , yobcrab , tee , see , otta . Their diet included bubble spore and their seeds , cambylictus trees , chak - root , green glie , nave , pom , red glie , rutiger tree s , and tassler tree s and their knees . On Naboo , the mee were commonly found in both shallow and deep swamps , and in the area around the underwater city Otoh Gunga , one of the homes of the amphibious sentient Gungan species . They were attracted by the underwater city ' s lights ; however , they knew by experience not to go through the portal zones of the hydrostatic bubbles that led to the air - filled chambers . History . Mee evolved in the waters of Naboo and were transported in Gungan colonization efforts to its moon Ohma - D ' un . Some mee were present in the waters of Lake Paonga as of the Trade Federation ' s Invasion of Naboo in 32 BBY as Jedi Knight Qui - Gon Jinn ; his Padawan , Obi - Wan Kenobi ; and their Gungan scout , Jar Jar Binks , swam to Otoh Gunga to speak with local representatives . Mee in the galaxy . Circa 20 BBY , mee , along with ray , faa , and laa , were present in a holding tank aboard the " Titavian IV " , an exploration vessel formerly operated by the Intergalactic Zoological Society on Mycroft whose mission was to gather and catalog specimens from across the galaxy . The scalefish were also present on the water planet of Aquilaris . Mee were such a notable fish on Naboo that they were included in children ' s holographic nursery mobile s around the time of the Clone Wars , lasting from 22 BBY to 19 BBY . Despite their poisonous nature , mee could be consumed by non - aquatic species and were presented as fillets in Dex ' s Diner located in the CoCo Town district of the Core World ecumenopolis planet Coruscant . Behind the scenes . The mee first appeared in the 1999 prequel trilogy film , along with other scalefish named doo , ray , faa , see , laa , and tee , which refer to the real - world : " Do , Re , Mi , Fa , Sol , La , Ti . " All of these fish were first named according to the musical scale in 1999 ' s " " . The mee also appeared in subsequent associated material , including " " , " " , and the 2000 Daniel Wallace short story " The Monster " in " Star Wars Gamer 2 " . " The Gungan Frontier " , released two days before " Episode I : The Visual Dictionary " , gave the mee an alternative name : the daggert , a reference to game developer Todd Daggert , courtesy of " " author Terryl Whitlatch . Jumbo daggerts were mentioned in the 2000 young readers novel " " . Later references to the mee were made in a 2004 of the " " comic series and the 2007 " Legacy of the Force " novel " " . Most recently , two representations of mee made an appearance alongside a see in a 2009 episode of " " , and mee were also mentioned as " daggerts " in 2009 ' s " Dining at Dex ' s " , a article .