Octofin Fish (Na'vi name: Pekavol) are a flat type of river fish on Pandora.
Found across the rivers of the Western Frontier, they use their eight lateral fins to propel them through strong currents with impressive power and agility. They are highly muscular creatures, able to use their entire body in generating forward momentum. However, this makes quick directional changes a challenge.
Though hunted by many land and air creatures, the octofin fish's wide and flat body shape make them less visible from above as they explore Pandora's rivers. They travel solo across impressive distances, feeding on snails, small fish, and worms as they go.
When the octofin fish find a river with fewer predators, they lay their eggs and then continue on their way. When the egg hatches a young Flatfish, the pigmentation of its scales reacts to the local biome, changing its colors based on its surroundings.
Due to their abundance in rivers across the Western Frontier, octofin fish are commonly consumed by a variety of Na'vi clans. Thanks to their shape, Na'vi also utilize the bones of flatfish in a number of ways, such as making cooking utensils and tools for foraging.
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- Hunter's Guide in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.