Samarian coral fish
October 3, 2121
Octavio Briswald's field notes
We spent three weeks in the area. What bliss to have a length of time devoted just to science, uninterrupted by the usual fusillade of bureaucratic and financial demands! I roamed the tundra beneath clear skies and vivid sunsets, researching the various birds that nest in the asteroidal craters. I was able to identify fifteen unique species, nine of which had extremely delicious eggs.
Fitzmurdle spent the entire three weeks in our dashing depthopod, suspended below an iceberg in the still, frigid water. There he discovered a fascinating fish species, and also a new form of extended, low-level hypothermia.
The fish looked shrimpish and tasty, but Fitzy has some notion in his head that they can communicate, and thus wouldn't let me test my hypothesis. A blow to scientific inquiry, to be sure; but as he is still recovering in the intravenous recirculator, I feel I can deny him nothing.
Leonard Fitzmurdle's personal log
They wave their fins in complex patterns, leaving trails in the faint bioluminescence. Every left rotation or side flutter has a unique meaning, and after some time I was able to decipher and record each one.
Here's a representative sample of conversation:
"Food?"
"Yes food."
"Good food."
"Yes, good."
"Mate?"
"No mate."
"No?"
"No, bad."
"Food food?"
"Food. Good. Food."
They remind me of someone; but I shall refrain from naming names.
Other mentions: Guinan envisioned these in the formations of a gaseous nebula (TNG)
