# Lumen Shark

A lure grows from its head like an anglerfish. Things that follow the light do not come back.

Character · Fictionalized · Established

Stable ID: `starlight-shark` · Revision 1 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Starlight Menagerie](/field-guide/collections/starlight-menagerie/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/starlight-shark/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/starlight-shark/record.json)

## At a glance

- A lantern grows from the front of its head, a pale glowing lure like an anglerfish carries. It lights up a mouth full of pale teeth.

- Stays in its tank when the barriers fail. It follows Seven along the glass instead, which is somehow worse.

- Home: Pelagia.

## Appearances

- [Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html) (context: [Starlight Menagerie](/field-guide/collections/starlight-menagerie/))

- [The creatures](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/creatures.html): Named in this published page.

- [The map of Doorly Orbital](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/map.html): Named in this published page.

## Dated changes

- 2026-10-30: Added from the named source to the Field Guide.

## Open questions

- Inspired by Shark, with a little anglerfish; the guide describes its game depiction.

## Sources

- [Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html)

## Reference library

### Scene

![Lumen Shark in the Starlight Menagerie.](/gamelab/assets/starlight-menagerie/creatures/shark-three.webp)

Lumen Shark in the Starlight Menagerie.

[Download original](/gamelab/assets/starlight-menagerie/creatures/shark-three.webp) · [Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html) · v1 · SHA-256: `ce685944208650c70d74f8023a2caf240e90f7ed0203f5b946903340868c7a9e`