Spinner Fish

Overview

Item Data

Raw Spinner Fish

• Type: Food & Water
• Description: Small, edible prey fish.
• Size: 1 (1×1)
• Bioreactor: +210 Energy
• Food: +12
• Water: -6
• Debug ID: spinnerfish

Cooked Spinner Fish

• Type: Food & Water
• Description: It may turn your stomach.
• Size: 1 (1×1)
• Bioreactor: +157.5 Energy
• Food: +23
• Water: +3
• Debug ID: cookedspinnerfish

Cured Spinner Fish

• Type: Food & Water
• Description: Against all odds, it tastes like a popular brand of Alterra orange juice.
• Size: 1 (1×1)
• Bioreactor: +196 Energy
• Food: +23
• Water: -2
• Debug ID: curedspinnerfish

Description

The Spinner Fish is a fauna species of Subnautica: Below Zero. It was originally shown in concept art for the first Subnautica, but has now been repurposed as a Below Zero creature.

Appearance

The Spinner Fish has a roughly spherical body with six fleshy protrusions sticking out at 60 degree intervals down the midline of its body. A large portion of the body near the top is pink and dotted with pale blue patches, while the rest of the body is colored yellow. A pair of small eyes with black pupils and multicolored sclerae are situated towards the front, with three siphons above each eye through which water is pumped for movement.

Behavior

The Spinner Fish is a small herbivorous prey species with a peculiar method of swimming. Rather than using fins to propel itself through the water, the Spinner Fish instead uses three pairs of siphons on either side of its body for jet propulsion. As these jets are angled downwards the Spinner Fish spins around vertically when moving. What benefit this provides is unknown.

Data Bank Entry

A bizarre fish with star-like fins which it spins to generate propulsion.

• Capable of very high speeds in a straight line
• Slow, wide turning circle
• Like other small prey fish they feed on a variety of seeds and grasses around the seabed

Assessment: Edible Source: Scan

Design

The Spinner Fish's appearance was likely inspired by the larval form of the ocean sunfish. Its arms also resemble Sea Stars.

Sounds

• Attack
• Death
• Flinch
• Swim
• Swim start

Gallery

Side view

Front view

Size comparison to the player

In hand

A Spinner Fish in the Arctic Kelp Caves

A Spinner Fish in the Lilypad Islands

A Spinner Fish fleeing from a Noot Fish in the Lilypad Islands

The Spinner Fish featured in the Sand Shark concept art

Developer Screenshot of the Spinner Fish

Highpoly model on Sketchfab

Trivia

• The Spinner Fish was first shown in a piece of concept art featuring Subnautica's Sand Shark.