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Ribbon Dancer (Dansantus citus)

The ribbon dancer is a eel like species in the Belutidae family that is native to the wiregrass meadows of the mineral sea. It is an omnivore, feeding on wiregrass, golden shiners, silver shiners, and shellfish. This species ohs its common name to the way it twists and twirls around wire grass blades to avoid injury, giving the appearance of a dancing ribbon. Ribbon Dancers are nocturnal, emerging at night to feed. They use their sensitive noses to find prey in the sand. Once prey is found, it is dug up while it is asleep and eaten. What makes this species interesting is their diet of wiregrass. They do not consume razorhooks, as the razorhook's shell would cause massive internal damage. to remove the razorhook from the plant, the ribbon dancer uses the spines in its head and its pectoral fins to scrape the razorhooks off of the plant. Not all of the razorhooks are removed, but the remaining amount is not usually enough to cause major injury to the ribbon dancer.

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