When you dive into the Voûlic Ocean in the south of Eryobis, there is a good chance you will encounter wildlife in one form or another.
This south polar ocean has some of the most nutrient rich waters in all of Eryobis and thus is booming with sealife.
One of the most common large animals you can encounter here is the Mantleback Ritsuara (Tristinectes amictus). This medium sized Fermourodontid averages around 3.5 meters in length and is an avid piscivore.
Its seven rows of small needle like teeth are perfectly suited for catching slippery prey like fish, smaller conodonts and llamplelgans.
They can often be seen traveling in small pods of related individuals and tend to be found a couple kilometers from shore, although they do sometimes come closer to the coast to hunt or birth.
This species of Ritsuara is one of the friendlier ones we've encountered so far. Like all Fermourodonts, they have an electromagnetic field around their mouths, electric whiskers if you will. Because of this, they tend not to respond all too well to our mechanical equipment.
Mantlebacks, thankfully, will not go out of their way to attack and destroy said equipment...unlike some other species.
Because of this, we do get a fair amount of opportunities to see them in the wild if we go in the water with just traditional equipment that doesn't really have an electrical signal.
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