The life cycle of the Roddenberry Fish
The Roddenberry Fish is known for its distinctive back fin and sharp jawline. Grey with blue and red markings on its hind fin, and often black spots that may luminesce in deep sea regions, the Roddenberry fish undergoes numerous transformations as it ages. Beginning as a guppy as seen at the top of the graphic, the hind fin grows to exceptional size as the fish ages, making it one of the fastest fish in the sea.
At least that’s how it goes for the female. The male fish (2nd and 3rd from bottom, young and adult) is much smaller, and is parasitic in nature. When Roddenberry Fish mate, the male latches inverted on to the concave region under the female’s back fin and is slowly engulfed by the female, supplying the necessary hormones for the female to grow male reproductive organs and lay viable eggs on its own.
Unfortunately, the Roddenberry fish went extinct in 2009. With only a few thousand specimens in existence, the species quickly died off when a blight called Abrams disease destroyed any hope the fish had of making a comeback. Abrams disease is a severe bloating of the cranium that results in diminished brain capacity and a tendency toward violence. Often compounded by Kurtzman Syndrome and Orciitis, Abrams disease is a terrible death for any fish to die, and there are concerns that now the Lucas Aqua Monster may be next, as Abrams sinks its claws into the poor species, with an outbreak predicted late this year.
Abrams disease is becoming more and more prevalent in the oceans and shows no signs of stopping. It takes on larger and larger species with deadly results, and as the Lucas shows, there’s always a bigger fish.
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