Hoopfish (Subnautica)
Template:Infobox:Fauna Flora The Hoopfish is a passive life form belonging to the fauna category. The Cooked Hoopfish has mediocre food properties.
Hoopfishes are cathemeral and are easy to catch, as they do not retreat from the player and get easily recognised due to their bioluminescence.
Appearance
The Hoopfish has a slim built, slightly smaller than other common fishes like Peepers and Airsacks.
It has a dark violet colored body gradually transiting into blue towards the head, which has a bright neon green color. It has two green eyes, a small dorsal fin and a caudal fin that wraps around the tail's hoop.
The Hoopfish's most distinct feature is the bright green bioluminescent antennae extending from the top and bottom of its head and bends around its tail, forming a hoop.
Uses in Crafting
Data Bank Entry
- Small size, school mentality, prey fish
- Antennae: Rather than swimming this lifeform uses the fine green antennae which encircle its body to alter the composition of the water in front of it, allowing it to 'sail' into the low density space created.
Assessment: Edible but meager
Gallery
Hoopfish data on the PDA
Trivia
- There is a subspecies of the Hoopfish called Spinefish that mostly populates in the Blood Kelp Zone.