Perplexomera

==Appearance==
A Perplexomera is a weird Fish with a elongated snout. The aquatic Endemic Life has circle round pectoral fins, the pelvic fins are oval with slightly more edged nooks at the end, the anal fin is straighter and only slightly rounded at the end, it has a small dorsal fin and an even tinier adipose fin. Perplexomera has a long tail with a wide fin only beneath and none on top of it. The gills are visibly bloated and have have a hint of green behind signifying the sacs inside. The Fish's head has a angular form a little slimmer on top than on the bottom. The body has a pink hue that is a little darker on the tail and tail fin as well as on the trunk.
==Habitat and Ecology==
The Perplexomera has a close symbiotic relationship with Reef Koyuxerus and can only be found on the back of the Carapaceon where it has its nest. It never strays far from the monster and only leaves the reef for catching prey, sometimes smaller Fish but mainly small Mollusks or Carapaceon found in the sand beneath which it digs up with its specialized snout. When resting the Endemic Life stays inside of its nest it built within a small cave beneath a coral that hides it.
In sacs that are connected to the gills Perplexomera stores its confusion-inducing powder. On command of the Carapaceon a few of the Fish set out and release the powder close to threats to disorient them. The symbionts use this opportunity to flee. A single individual needs some time to refill the substance before it can use it again, so the monster doesn't call them too often. The amount of Perplexomeras on a Reef Koyuxerus is correlated to the size of the Carapaceon, juveniles usually only have one or two, adults usually have four or five when they mature while really huge individuals can have up to ten Perplexomeras.
The mating season is completely synchronized with its host's. When a male and female Reef Koyuxerus meet and decide to mate, the Perplexomeras on their back also go out to meet each other. To diversify as well as possible, only a part of the males in the population on the back will reproduce, while another part will do so with the next encounter and so on, some of the individuals also get traded to increase diversity. The eggs are held back until the Carapaceon nymphs are big enough to get their first coral on which the Perplexomeras lays a single egg, rarely two eggs, on each of them. The number of Perplexomeras usually increases through parthenogenesis, meaning until the maturity of the host, all of them on its back are clones of the first individual. Perplexomeras change sex from male to female when they grow, but only when there isn't a female already, so all the clones are male while the original is female.
==Related Creatures==
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==Notes==
*Preyed on by: It has no natural predators due to the protection of Reef Koyuxerus, only rarely a monster can catch them by accident.
*Feeds on: Mainly Mollusks and Carapaceons that hide buried in the sand, sometimes smaller Fish.
*Usually it can only be caught when it tries to use its confusion powder but rarely the Fish can be found swimming on the back of a calm Reef Koyuxerus and even more unlikely is to find a Perplexomera while searching through the ground beneath its host.
**Catching a Perplexomera will instantly enrage the Carapaceon.
==Obtainable Rewards and Materials==
*Rewards for capture: 85 Research Points
*Materials left behind: None