Banded Fessle
Details
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Habitat
- Anasazi Sea, Terra III (Terra system) — warm saltwater reef, ~12-15 m depth (in-fiction).
AI Overview
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A blue-and-white striped saltwater fish from the Anasazi Sea on Terra III that exists in Star Citizen as a decorative hangar flair item (a live aquarium fish for a fishtank), historically given out through the Referral Program rather than something you hunt in the verse.
Appearance
The Banded Fessle is a small reef fish with an egg-shaped (ovular) head and a protruding mouth lined with two rows of small, sharp teeth. Its signature feature is bold blue-and-white longitudinal striping, which acts as camouflage among the seaweed and coral of its home reef. Over a roughly ten-year lifespan it reaches about 40-50 cm long. Aquarium-bred specimens have been selectively bred to deepen the blue of their stripes.
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Behavior & temperament
In the wild the Banded Fessle is an ambush predator. It hangs motionless among reef features until prey drifts within about 5 cm, then strikes before the target reacts. It is monogamous, forming lifelong breeding pairs at around three years of age; mated pairs hunt together, share larger kills, defend each other, and drive off rival suitors. As a captive aquarium fish it has been bred toward docility, but it remains a carnivore and is considered dangerous to smaller tank-mates.
Where to find
Natively, the Banded Fessle inhabits the warmer waters of the Anasazi Sea on Terra III (Terra system, UEE). It usually stays within about 12 meters of the surface, though individuals have been recorded down to roughly 15 meters when chasing prey. In the actual game, you do not encounter living Banded Fessles in the world — it appears only as a hangar decoration / aquarium fish (see Lore & discovery and Loot & drops below).
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Diet
Carnivorous. In the wild it preys on smaller fish, macroinvertebrates, and zooplankton. In captivity it requires generous, frequent feeding and will threaten smaller fish kept in the same tank.
Aquarium / husbandry (in-fiction)
A popular pet fish in the Star Citizen universe. Recommended care per the in-fiction Galactapedia: warm saltwater at about 24-25 degrees C, and a large tank of at least roughly 750 liters per fish given its adult size. It can be housed with some Earth (Sol III) native species but is hazardous to smaller tank-mates. Breeding pairs lay up to around 1,000 eggs, of which only about 1% survive to adulthood.
Loot & drops
As a game item the Banded Fessle is a souvenir / hangar flair object (a decorative aquarium fish), not a huntable creature, so it has no in-world health, combat loot, or aUEC bounty. It is tracked in community item databases under Souvenirs/Flair. No reliable buy price or shop location was found in the sources consulted — historically it was a reward item rather than a vendor purchase.
Lore & discovery
The Banded Fessle entered Star Citizen very early as a piece of hangar flair: it was introduced around Alpha 1.3 as a fish you could display in a fishtank, distributed through the Referral Program reward track (reportedly around the Level 5 tier, paired with a Kai Habitats fishtank). Its detailed natural history — habitat, diet, reproduction, and aquarium care — was later fleshed out in the official RSI Galactapedia article (dated 8 February 2021). This is a case of a small piece of game flair that was retroactively given rich in-universe lore, rather than a creature implemented as huntable fauna.
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Trivia
- It is one of several named "fishtank" fish used as decorative hangar flair from the early-alpha Referral Program era. - The lore name of its home, the "Anasazi Sea" on Terra, has itself drawn real-world community discussion (a Spectrum thread asked the lore team to reconsider the name), which incidentally keeps the Banded Fessle's habitat in conversation.
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