Spinefish in Subnautica: Below Zero

SpinefishSmall herbivores in the game's databank. Rolled for each new game at 487 to 953 m deep.

Data: Subnautica: Below Zero game files (build of 12 Aug 2025), read and drawn by PinDrop. (c) Unknown Worlds Entertainment. PinDrop is fan-made and not affiliated with Unknown Worlds Entertainment.

Map of Subnautica: Below Zero with the Spinefish drawn on it
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Class
Small herbivores
Depth
487 m to 953 m
Spawns per game
about 965
Placed pins
none

“Small, school-mentality prey fish, closely related to the hoopfish.”

Assessment: Edible (low calorie count)

Spinefish, in-game databank. The studio's text, quoted short.

Where Spinefish spawns

Median depth 865 m; 10% of the modelled spawns lie deeper than 953 m and 10% shallower than 487 m; the baked slots that can hold it span 1000 m to 278 m.

Areas where Spinefish can spawn
AreaSlots that can hold itExpected per gameShare
Fabricator Caverns5,467833
Twisty Bridges16458
Lily Pads74850
Crystal Caverns2,91525

Spawn numbers are a model read from the game's spawner tables and 921,892 baked slots, not verified in a running game.

In the same places

The area Spinefish appears in most is Fabricator Caverns. What else spawns there:

About the Spinefish

The Spinefish is filed under small herbivores in the game's databank. The files give it 9,294 baked slots that can hold it across 4 area groups, 965 expected spawns per new game, mostly in Fabricator Caverns, at 487 to 953 m deep for the middle 80%.

The files do not say how it behaves or what it can do to the player, so this page carries only the studio's databank text above. Depths are metres below sea level; coordinates are the game's world metres, x east and z north.

Spawn numbers are a model (slot tables), not verified in a running game. Placed pins are read as placed.