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Fish Codex
Every species by depth zone — bait, spawn times, rarities, storm-only fish.
Depth zones at a glance
The economic backbone. Day/night layering: mackerel by day, bream by night.
Core species quick sheet (key 18)
| Species | Depth | Time | Bait | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sardine | 10m | all day | none | $0.4 | Volume is justice; gunkan traffic anchor |
| Bucket Jellyfish | 5m | all day | none | $0.5 | Grab from the side; the front stings |
| Clownfish | 5m | all day | none | $0.7 | Follows the anemone, always |
| Butterflyfish | 10-15m | day | shrimp | $1.1 | Pairs — catch one, the other panics and speeds up |
| Horse Mackerel | 15-20m | night | none | $1.6 | The night-fishing starter |
| Grouper | 20-25m | all day | crab | $2.4 | Den camper; bait it out |
| Red Sea Bream | 25-30m | night | shrimp | $3.2 | First bucket of gold, 8x sardine |
| Pufferfish | 15m | pre-dawn | shellfish | $2.7 | Untouchable inflated — 3s window after deflate |
| Moray Eel | 30m | night | eel bait | $3.5 | Bites. Approach from the tail side |
| Tuna | 35-40m | day | schooling | $8 | One fish = one whole shallows run. Tier-2 tank |
| Swordfish | 40m | pre-dawn | schooling | $10 | Fast; intercept at reef corners |
| Anglerfish | 45m | all day | lure | $12 | Its lamp lures you; your lamp lures it |
| Giant Octopus | 50m | night | crab | $15 | Bait from outside tentacle range |
| Lanternfish | 50-55m | all day | none | $11 | Schools at the twilight floor, unnervingly quiet |
| Chimaera | 55m | pre-dawn | eel bait | $13 | Living fossil; the codex completionists' cross |
| Giant Squid | 55-60m | storm | tuna meat | $30 | Storm-only. Three-phase fight — see Co-Op page |
| Opah (Moonfish) | 45m | full-moon night | shrimp | $20 | Full-moon only — a once-per-7-in-game-days window |
| ??? | behind the door | ? | ? | ? | Nobody knows. Codex slot 41 is empty |
The bait chain (cheap fish buy expensive fish)
| Bait | Source | Catches | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shrimp | pier shop, $7/day cap | Butterflyfish, bream, opah | Most universal. The daily cap is a deliberate economy valve |
| Crab | under 10m band rocks | Grouper, giant octopus | Free but you flip the rocks yourself — good clownfish moment too |
| Eel bait | one moray makes 3 | Moray, chimaera | Moray to catch moray. Sounds dumb; it is the only chimaera solution |
| Tuna meat | the reluctant choice | Giant squid | Use an $8 fish as bait for a $30 fish. The storm-night pro setup |
| Light | flashlight / angler lamp | Anglerfish | The odd "bait": it comes FOR the light. Lamp off = it leaves |