Karamids (Portus, Global)

Karamids are a hearty class of globe-travelling, small-schooling fish, generally in groups of less than 500. Live-bearers, Karamids mate in deep water twice yearly, coinciding with Portus' diannual Harvest Months at the end of Spring and Fall. The adults and young seperate, with most of the adults returning to shallower water closer to shores and islands. Thus, the fish harvest is the traditional protein of choice for seasonal Harvest festivals, and then in abundance - but left alone for the year's eight other months to grow to maturity. Karamids can live up to ten years, forming smaller and smaller groups of elders who are warrier and harder to catch.