Codex-Bestiary-Fish

All creatures. Includes updated info about: habitats

\*Locations need to be refined, but all symbols are the same in the Codex. Locations should include Dakhla Oasis, Kharga Oasis, Sorrow Falls Oasis, Moat Oasis, Scorched Oasis, Royal Fishing Spots, and Lower Swamp Oasis.

## **Red Nile Tilapia**

When the rains come, this tilapia journeys from a source of the Nile, far beyond Kush. It eats plants none others will touch. Egypt may be the gift of the Nile, but this tilapia is the gift of the Red Nile.

Although impossible to overfish a pond, the fish need time to repopulate. However, skilled anglers know that proper use of fish bait can reinvigorate these waters, or even aid in the capture of particularly rare fish.

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## **Osirian Carp**

When Set dismembered Osiris, he threw his parts into the Nile. These carp carried off one piece, protecting it from the ravages of greater fish. This carp survives on small plankton, waiting for Osiris's return.

Although impossible to overfish a pond, the fish need time to repopulate. However, skilled anglers know that proper use of fish bait can reinvigorate these waters, or even aid in the capture of particularly rare fish.

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## **Pebbly Fish**

Pebbly fish are plentiful in the Nile and eat a variety of foods. They do enjoy gathering outside of mating season by the shoals upriver, though they gather for bait as well.

Although impossible to overfish a pond, the fish need time to repopulate. However, skilled anglers know that proper use of fish bait can reinvigorate these waters, or even aid in the capture of particularly rare fish.

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## **Silver Catfish**

This common fish enjoys slow-moving water like ponds and swamps. It eats a variety of foods, including other fish. Perhaps that's why they are most active at night, when other fish themselves are slow-moving.

Although impossible to overfish a pond, the fish need time to repopulate. However, skilled anglers know that proper use of fish bait can reinvigorate these waters, or even aid in the capture of particularly rare fish.

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## **Lightning Jack**

This fish boasts a mild electrical charge that helps in navigation, food-finding, and even communicating with other fish. They echo each other's pulses. They eat other fish at night and hunt best in groups.

Although impossible to overfish a pond, the fish need time to repopulate. However, skilled anglers know that proper use of fish bait can reinvigorate these waters, or even aid in the capture of particularly rare fish.

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## **Dogfish**

Dogfish have earned their name by their plenitude and their fierce, aggressive nature. These fish prefer to hunt alone, due to their larger size. Other fish will need to beware.

Although impossible to overfish a pond, the fish need time to repopulate. However, skilled anglers know that proper use of fish bait can reinvigorate these waters, or even aid in the capture of particularly rare fish.

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## **Vundu Catfish**

A southern god gifts the legendary Vundu catfish, which otherwise would never be seen in the Nile. It hunts using vibrations and smell in murky waters and breathes the air itself as well as in the water. A rare fish indeed.

Although impossible to overfish a pond, the fish need time to repopulate. However, skilled anglers know that proper use of fish bait can reinvigorate these waters, or even aid in the capture of particularly rare fish.

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## **Leopard Lungfish**

The lungfish prefers swamps and river deltas and can even burrow into the ground and live off an air bubble. After hatching, they live in the roots of papyrus plants, eating insects until large enough to swim free.

Although impossible to overfish a pond, the fish need time to repopulate. However, skilled anglers know that proper use of fish bait can reinvigorate these waters, or even aid in the capture of particularly rare fish.

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## **Nile Perch**

The Nile Perch dominates any lake environment it inhabits, boasting immense sizes. They may travel in schools to protect from predators, but they are often the greatest threat.

Although impossible to overfish a pond, the fish need time to repopulate. However, skilled anglers know that proper use of fish bait can reinvigorate these waters, or even aid in the capture of particularly rare fish.

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