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Gorean Aquatic Fauna


ref: The Karian Notes, Section 02F



Baleen whale (Book12, pages 265 and 334)
Bluish blunt finned whale hunted by the Red Hunters

Bint (Book13, pages 267 and 271)
Small carnivorous freshwater fish (marsh eel) which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; a large school of bints can strip a carcass in minutes; similar to the piranha of Earth

Dock eel (Book15, page 155)(Book16, page 130)
A black freshwater fish, 4' long & weighing 8-10 lbs., carnivorous; they inhabit the shallow waters around the dock and wharves of river ports

Gint (Book13, pages 299 and 384)
A tiny (6") freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; it has bulbous eyes & flipper-like fins; is amphibious, having both lungs & gills; is capable of walking on its pectoral fins; often found in the comp any of tharlarion, feeding off the scraps of their kills

Gint, giant (Book13, pages 384 and 389-390)
A large cousin of the gint found in western Gor, similar in appearance, but with a 4-spined dorsal fin; is also amphibious and capable of walking on its pectoral fins

Grunt (Book9, page 59)
A large, carnivorous, salt-water fish which inhabits Thassa; is often attracted by the blood of a wounded creature; similar to the shark of Earth

Grunt, blue (Book13, page 267)
A small, voracious, carnivorous freshwater fish, related to the Thassa grunt; like its larger cousin, it is attracted by blood.

Grunt, great speckled (Book11, page 360)
A fish inhabiting the Thassa and caught as food for sailors

Grunt, white-bellied (Book9, page 59)(Book14, page 276)
A large game fish, which haunts the plackton beds in the Polar North to feed on parsit fish. It's eggs are considered a rare delicacy

Hunjer whale (Book12, page 36)
Large black, toothed whale hunted by the Red Hunters

Lelt (Book10, page 247)
A small (5-7 inches) blind fish with fernlike filaments at either side of the head which are its sensory organs; white, with long fins, it swims slowly, and is the main food of the salt shark; inhabits the brine pits such as those at Klima in the Tahari

Mamba (Book13, page 393)
Large, predatory river tharlarion which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; they have long, log-like bodies, with short, powerful legs & a long snout & tail; similar to Earth crocodiles. It is believed the cannibalistic Mamba People take their name from this flesh eating animal

Marine Saurian (Book11, page 360)
Fish-like predator, more than 20 ft in length. Long, toothed snouts that are silent and aggressive; sailors fear them as they do the long-bodied sharks

Marine Saurian, reptilian (Book11, page 360)
reptilian-like scavengers found in the Thassa, more than 20 ft. in length, it has a long neck and smaill head with rows of small teeth. Its appendages are link broad paddles

Marsh Shark (Book6, page 13, 21 and 58)
Deadly fresh water hunter of the Gorean Marshes.. similar in shape to the shark of earth. Long bodied, nine-gilled inhabitant of the rence island areas of the marsh, they are almost eel-like

Parsit (Book9, pages 28, 56 and 63-64)(Book12, page 38)
A fish a silvery fish having brown stripes, that follow the "parsit current" in the polar basin, in Torvaldsland, it is smoked and dried, stored in barrels, and used in trade to the south

River shark (Book7, page 79) A narrow, black, vicious, carnivorous fish with a triangular dorsal fin, which inhabits the rivers of Gor

Salt shark (Book10, page 251)(Book10, page 249)
A long-bodied (12' or more) carnivorous fish having gills situated under the jaw, several rows of triangular teeth, a sickle-like tail, and a sail-like dorsal fin; inhabits brine pits such as those of the Tahari

Sea Sleen (Book12, page 38)
long, sleek, mammal with flippers and six legs, and double fanged jaws, can weigh as much as 1000 pounds.. and as much as 20 feet in length, hunted by the Red Hunters for food and pelt

Sea Sleen, Black (Book12, page 38)
one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North

Sea Sleen, Brown (Book12, page 38)
one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North

Sea Sleen, flat-nosed (Book12, page 38)
one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North

Sea Sleen, rogue (Book12, page 283)
rare broader headed more dangerous variety of sea sleen found in the Polar North

Sea Sleen, tufted (Book12, page 38)
one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North

Sea Sleen, white-spotted (Book6, page 300)
its rich fur is used for cloaks

Sorp (Book4, page 20)
A shellfish, common esp. in the Vosk river, similar to an oyster; like an oyster, it manufactures pearls

Vosk Sorp
A giant clam...that thrives in the seas and Marshes of Gor...the shell of which is large enough to be used as a throne

Wingfish (Book4, pages 84-85)(Book6, page 139)
Tiny blue salt-water fish with 4 poisonous spines on its dorsal fin; found in the waters off Port Kar; its liver is considered a delicacy in Turia.



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