# Spark Squid

Flashes patterns on its skin. The patterns spell out nothing. Probably.

Character · Fictionalized · Established

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

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

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

## At a glance

- Glassy sea green from fins to tentacles, with a glowing lure above the head. It can flash its whole body in a blink.

- 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 Squid; the guide describes its game depiction.

## Sources

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

## Reference library

### Scene

![Spark Squid in the Starlight Menagerie.](/gamelab/assets/starlight-menagerie/creatures/squid-three.webp)

Spark Squid in the Starlight Menagerie.

[Download original](/gamelab/assets/starlight-menagerie/creatures/squid-three.webp) · [Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html) · v1 · SHA-256: `8a9e376a0929a95990db4fe708c8ca1c004b0ed4bbbc683ce366c382172018be`