Ilektrika epizon

**Ilektrika epizon** (meaning electric Survivor in Greek) is a species under the family Arpaktikoaltidae, and is one of the surviving species of The End Of Times Mass Extinction Event. It evolve somewhere around 334mya, and died out 332mya do to eventually being out competed by not only the species that evolved from it but the species that evolved from Ilektrika pezoporos as well. Like all Ilektrikas it had the ability to generate electricity like an electric eel, every species in this genus can generate a different amount of electricity, so it is unknown how much this species could, but a rough estimate based on the size of the area where the electrical organs would be stored, would possibly be anywhere between 500 volts, and 600 volts of electricity, that's around the same amount as the common electric eel. The average size for the female was two and a half feet long, but in some cases show them to be getting up to 3 ft long, while the average size for the male is typically 2 ft long with some cases having them get up to two and a half feet. How long it could have lived for is unknown because this also varies from species to species, but a rough guess would be anywhere between 25 and 35 years.

## Evolution

They evolved a unknown species of Ilektrika. They evolved the ability to slow all body functions down to a near stop in order to wait out times of hardship, they evolved this because of rising volcanic activity that was slowly lowering oxygen levels. This species would go on to evolve into ever modern species under the subgenus Euilektrika, as well as a few new genera, families, orders, and even a few monospecific classes. Making this species the first species in the clade Neoeuilektrika.

## Anatomy

### Head

Their head is where their eyes, whisacles, mouth, inner ears, and their brain is kept. Its eyes are on stalks like a snail, so that way they can keep an eye out for predators or prey, The eyes, however, are the animal's one main disadvantage, as they did not have very good eyesight and could only subtly make out shapes, though they did not need eyes better than this to sense when a predator was coming and their whisacles did most of the detecting prey. Their whisacles can be used to smell, but can also grab things like little tentacles, but their main purpose is to act as a lure to lure in prey by either looking like worms or seagrass. Their mouths are what they eat and breathe through gulping water in passing through the gills and then back out the gill slits, they can also open and close their gill slits and pump water through that way, since they are mostly kind of a wait for your meal to come to you kind of animal their mouth is filled with razor sharp teeth, just in case a prey item is too big to swallow whole, the teeth will help rip chunks out, and their tongue is just used as a swallow assist, they do have all the same taste receptors as us, but they are simplified versions. They detect vibrations through their "earstones" called otoliths, them and other wish use parts of their ears to help them with balance. Their brain is a slight bit bigger than the typical Earth fish, and this also shows them to be a slight bit more intelligent, it's hard to measure intelligence in an extinct species, but because the genus is still alive today if we look at modern surviving species of the genus we can make a safe assumption, and from what we can tell it has at least dog level intelligence. They have two gill slits on each side of their face which is one more than a normal Earth fish.

### Body

#### Outsides

Their bodies on the outside consist of six leg-like fins, two rows of seven spikes running down their back so 14 spikes over all, and a tail with a reduced tail fin. They're covered from head to Finn in scales, what color these scales were is entirely up to speculation, but most can agree that they were probably a Sandy yellow. They have two sets of pectoral fins and one set of pelvic fins, they have lost every other fin on their body, except for the tail fin, these fins may be leg-like, but they are more like Coelacanth fins rather than Tiktaalik fins. On their back they have 14 spikes that makes up two rows of seven spikes going down their back, they no longer have Dorsal fins of any kind, it is speculated that these spikes evolved from the Rays of those former Dorsal fins, or the spikes are highly modified scales, these spikes serve as self-defense, but they are smaller in this genus then they are in other genera. Since they no longer swim they had to repurpose their tails, they are mostly used to help keep balance while the wish walks along the bottom, it can also be used to help bury itself and dig a hole to lay eggs in.

#### Insides

Their brain controls their whole body. Their bones are made of calcium, just like Earth animals. They have a closed circulatory system with red blood. They have a set of lungs that evolve from two swim bladders. It also has two hearts one fully functional and one vestigial. It has three organs that can generate electricity, just like the electric eel. Nothing else special about the rest of the organs it's just stomach, intestines, kidneys, liver, all that good stuff. They have a cloaca and they reproduce by putting their two cloacas together, because they are a part of the subgenus Euilektrika they don't have a penis.

## Habitat

They could be found all throughout the Inland areas of South Primaterra, every Lake, Pond, River, stream, Creek, swamp, and marshlands, but they could not go into brackish water.

## Diet

They were primarily carnivores, but would occasionally supplement their diet with some plants and algae and even a few pollas every now and then. They hunted the same way most predatory jumpers do, by burying itself in the sand and sticking It's whisacles out to look like worms or seagrass to attract prey, once the prey gets close enough they'll lunge out at them, and swallow them whole, or bite them till they bleed to death, and then proceeded to rip small chunks out swallowing those whole.

## Breeding

It is unknown exactly what time of year that mating season begins, but looking at modern species probably sometime in Spring an early summer. We know from modern Ilektrika that the males are a little bit smaller than females, and when it comes time for mating the female releases a pheromone that attracts males. When the males arrive she will pick two or more possible suitors by swimming and brushing up against them as she so pleases, then the two males will fight to the death, the loser becomes the meal for the winner and the female. Once the meal has been consumed then it is time for the mating, and something incredible about Ilektrika is that is the only wish on planet Hume III that has a penis. Unless you count claspers, shark-like wishes, and some other wishes have claspers but that's slightly different from a penis. Most other wish lay the eggs in a hole or crevice of some kind and then fertilize them externally, (think for example salmon) but some wish (including close relatives to Ilektrika) reproduce by internal fertilization by pressing the two cloacas together. But the Ilektrika is the only wish to have a penis, scientists speculate this is where all Septempollicems get their penises from. (Not all Septempollicems have penises, some only have cloacas.) Their penis resembles a dolphin penis, but unlike a dolphin penis it is not prehensile. The winning male then inserts his penis into the females cloaca the mating process could take several seconds to a few hours but typically lasts a few minutes. After the eggs are fertilized the female finds a nice safe spot to lay them then guard over them until they hatch, once they hatch the babies are on their own.

## Adaptations

The four incredible adaptations of this species are its ability to go on land and breathe air, it's incredible electric ability akin to the electric eel, and the rows of spikes down its back. Although in this species and in modern Ilektrika the spikes are reduced. And in related genera that don't have electric abilities, the spikes are much bigger. And the ability to slow all body functions down to a near stop in order to wait out times of hardship.

## Threats

Because of their electric abilities they couldn't really get eaten by much. The only thing they really had to worry about was other ones of their own species, and other species of the Ilektrika genus, especially Ilektrika pezoporos.

## Additional Information

**Discovery**: it was discovered in a coal mine, but not the same coal mine as Ilektrika pezoporos. The coal mine but this species was discovered in was on the exact opposite side of town from the other coal mine. It was discovered by a 16 year old boy who was there with his dad on take your son to work day. There was a cave collapse killing everyone, but the boy. The boy took his father's mining equipment off of his father's dead body, and began to dig his way out. While he was digging his way out he discovered the fossil, but at the moment he only cared about getting out alive. It wasn't until recovery efforts to retrieve the bodies did they notice the fossil.

**Name of the person who discovered it**: Jeffrey Jeff Jefferson. Nickname jeffy.

**Jokes**: discovering this wish was a shock.

**Intelligents Level**: 4: near human levels of intelligence.

**Tier**: A

**Assessment**: Safe because it's already long extinct, but if it was still alive it would probably be dangerous because of the electrical abilities. Just like an electric eel it probably had a chance to send you into cardiac arrest, so wear rubber. It's bite would be painful, but could only be deadly if you happen to bleed out in the water. With all that being said it's true assessment is dangerous, try to avoid at all cost.

## Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalisaliena

Subkingdom: Enmetazoae

Phylum: Xenochordata

Subphylum: Psariaskoulikion

Megaclass: Epithymia

Superclass: Skoulikionpsaria

Class: Ostikiepithymia

Subclass: Efchimelovo

Order: Psithyrismenoprosopoiformes

Suborder: Programmataanichnefsiskatoidei

Clade: **Idiotamcaptionemviventem**

Subclade: Ourapterygio

Section: Mobileidiotamcaptionem

Family: Arpaktikoaltidae

Tribe: Glykounerouini

Genus: *Ilektrika*

Subgenus: Euilektrika

Clade: Neoeuilektrika

Species: **Ilektrika epizon**

No adding subspecies here, only planned on there being one.