Halfmoon

 | Property | Details | | :--- | :--- | | **Species** | *Moliform luna* ("Mola-shaped moon") | | **Type** | Mobile | | **Category** | Foragers | | **Attitude** | Passive | | **Biomes** | Coral Gardens, Graveyard, Necrolei Hills, Root Canyon | | **Nutrition** | Food +15 / Health 0 / Water -5 |   ![Halfmoon](Halfmoon.png)   The **Halfmoon** is a small, passive, edible lifeform. It provides +15 Food and -5 Water when consumed. The **Digestion** adaptation is required to safely consume alien lifeforms. A player without this adaptation will not receive its effect and be deducted health. Obtaining a Halfmoon for the first time unlocks the recipes for **Cooked Halfmoon** and **Halfmoon Jerky**.   ## Appearance   The Halfmoon has a body shaped like a crescent moon. The back of the body has a pair of crescent shaped fins and two long tails each with a very small fin towards the end.   The body is predominantly dark pink with a white border that separates it from a dark blue band around the edges of the body. Some white spotting is present on the dorsal half of the body.   The eyes have yellow sclerae, green irises and black, irregularly shaped pupils and a cornified beak that is flush with the body is situated in front. This fish is also a part of the "moon" group of fishes.   ## Behaviour   The Halfmoon can be seen hiding in patches of Sea Whips, and forming schools with **Bluemoons** and **Harvestmoons** and occasionally **Waxmoons**.   When chased by the player, Halfmoons will swim horizontally, or swim swiftly left to right in an attempt to avoid the player.   ## Recipes  -*   **Cooked Halfmoon**-*   **Halfmoon Jerky**+Obtaining this item unlocks the following recipes:+* Cooked Halfmoon+* Halfmoon Jerky   ## Databank Entry  -**Halfmoon** (*tentatively Moliform luna*). Large forage fish which strains plankton from seawater and nibbles at small growth.+**Halfmoon** (tentatively *Moliform luna*). Large forage fish which strains plankton from seawater and nibbles at small growth.  -1.  **Prey fish**: Staple foodstuff for predators-has evolved several flee-and-hide behaviors. Edible, but a fabricator cook is recommended.-2.  **Separate plumbing**: A rigid beak protects two valves which draw in seawater for feeding. Spiracles behind the eyes feed water to internal gills for breathing.-3.  **Built for agility**: Body packed with neuromasts to detect water flow. Anterior fins have fenestrae (holes) to help them quickly reverse direction. May have evolved to maneuver in tight quarters or in dense schools of other halfmoons.-4.  **Peculiar nervous system**: Lacks reafference cancellation-can't distinguish stimuli caused by its own motions from change in the surrounding world. Easily fascinated by bright light-may even experience itself as causing the light. Sometimes behaves as if disoriented, swimming sideways without apparent benefit.+1. **Prey fish**+   Staple foodstuff for predators-has evolved several flee-and-hide behaviors. Edible, but a fabricator cook is recommended.  -**Assessment**: tolerable food source.+2. **Separate plumbing**+   A rigid beak protects two valves which draw in seawater for feeding. Spiracles behind the eyes feed water to internal gills for breathing.  +3. **Built for agility**+   Body packed with neuromasts to detect water flow. Anterior fins have fenestrae (holes) to help them quickly reverse direction. May have evolved to maneuver in tight quarters or in dense schools of other halfmoons.+ +4. **Peculiar nervous system**+   Lacks reafference cancellation-can't distinguish stimuli caused by its own motions from change in the surrounding world. Easily fascinated by bright light-may even experience itself as causing the light. Sometimes behaves as if disoriented, swimming sideways without apparent benefit.+ +**Assessment:** tolerable food source.+  *Source: Scan a Halfmoon*   ## Gallery   ![Side view of the Halfmoon.](Halfmoon side.png) ![Front view of the Halfmoon.](Halfmoon front.png) ![Halfmoon viewed from the top.](Halfmoon top.png) ![Halfmoon viewed from the back.](Halfmoon back.png)   ## Trivia  -*   The Halfmoon serves as the mascot for **Subnautica 2**.+* The Halfmoon serves as the mascot for **Subnautica 2**.