Chum Gilltail

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Chum Gilltail
(Chummibranchius chumarshus)
Artwork of Chum Gilltail
Species is extant.
Creator Mnidjm Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Binucleozoa
Symbiovermes
Pterigiophora
Caudabranchia
Runsasuonkala
Runsasuonkalidae
Chummibranchius
Chummibranchius chumarshus
Week/Generation 21/137
Habitat Chum Salt Lake, Chum Salt Marsh
Size 30 cm Long
Primary Mobility Unknown
Support Unknown
Diet Herbivore (Marine Crystal)
Respiration Semi-Active (Ram Gill)
Thermoregulation Ectotherm
Reproduction Sexual, Two Sexes, Eggs into Sand

The chum gilltail evolved in the oxygen poor environment of the Chum Salt Marsh. In the marshes, the water is low on oxygen due to an over abundance of marine crystal, which sap the soil of its already low amounts of oxygen. In order to compensate, they have evolved efficient capillaries that store oxygen. These are all throughout their bodies, but a large concentration can be found in their respiratory system and skin. They surface to the air in order to take in more oxygen by saturating the capillaries of their skin. They can survive for about five minutes out of the water completely, but they soon either dry up in the sun or freeze in the frigid air. They have replaced it's ancestor in both the marshes and Chum Salt Lake.