Squidfishes

Starback Glider; A large ocean-going squidfish, commonly seen around the Aletian Seaway. Often nocturnal and rarely going out at day, gently filter feeding while coralling plankton into it's maw. Their tentacle undersides showcase a bioluminecent streaks of cyan, often used to identify and communicate with each other in the dark. They also defend against potential predators as they can be confusing lightshows, allowing the shoal enough time to flee.

Clever Yellowback Bastard; Stalking the bryozoans reefs are the Clever Yellowback Bastards, mischievious and clever like a small child. Often when needing to access prey within crevices, they will grab driftwood or sharpened bone to pick them out. Though this high intelligence grants them boredom, which is where the "bastard" in their name plays. Often they will randomly harass various creatures, most often sharks with the shells of saltwater snails. Another form of play is taking away the food from various serpents and gluttons, or even putting in sharp shards in them while they're not looking.

Oceanian Chaser; Far into the northern oceans, a deadly speedy predator chases down prey in packs. These large squidfishes are like the orcas of the Hiemacene, cooperating in matriachal packs of up to 30. Hunting down a variety of prey to small pelagic mollies to large serpents, as long as they can cooperate they can eat anything. Their social structure is quite complex, the oldest pair tend to be teaching the newest generations essential skills. Unique hunting strategies different for each group and specialized to take down different prey. Due to complex social interactions and a sort of culture, these behaviorially adaptable species is rather wide -spread in the northern hemispheres.

Nocturnal Neonback; In the open seagrass beds, gangs of 12 stalk the seagrass. Plucking the best grasses not for themselves, but for a special creature. Once with freshgrass in hand, they return to a small herd of giant snails. Feeding them the nutritious grass like livestock. With this special symbiotic relationships, gangs of Neonbacks can stay fed and happy. This gives them more time to be playful, often playing long games without worrying about survival. These long games would usually be a flashing lightshow, with colors changing from red to blue in an instant depending on mood.

Little Marsh Wanderer; Some squidfishes returned from the fully salty seas ,to their ancestral homes of marshes. These little guys stick in groups of 100, often cooperating to terraform their landscapes. Setting up dams and special protection for their eggs, to digging routes to usually hard to access areas. Despite their small size, they're massive ecosystem engineers and a keystone species. Driving out potentially invasive species, and kicking around nutrients to fuel the flora. However some groups have started leaving the water, traversing across relativrly long distances. Sometimes even standing on their tentacles, potentially giving rise to a whole new lineage