Gint / Lung Fish

 "It was similar to the tiny lung fish I had seen earlier on the river, those little creatures clinging to the half-submerged roots of shore trees, and, as often as not, sunning themselves on the backs of tharlarion, those tiny fish called gints." 

~Explorers of Gor~

GINTS are Gorean lung fish - freshwater fish which have retained the ability to breathe air, having both lung and gills.

This ability enables them to leave the water, during dry seasons, to seek out other streams or pools. It also enables them to elude predators to some extent.

The have also developed the interesting behavior of sunning themselves on the backs of tharlarion, which affords even greater protection ... so long as they stay away from its jaws!

They can also thrive off the scraps from the thalarion's kills, and will even drive each other away from their local tharlarion - regarding the creature as 'their territory'.

A similar relationship exists between some fish on earth, such as the remora fish and the shark.

Common gints are described as bulbous eyed and about six inches long, with flipper-like lateral fins.

The GIANT GINT is its larger cousin, found further inland in the jungles. 

"The creature which had surfaced near us, perhaps ten feet in length, and a thousand pounds in weight, was scaled and had large, bulging eyes. It had gills, but it, too, gulped air, as it had regarded us."

~Explorers of Gor~

The giant gint is similar in appearance, but has a four-spined dorsil fin, and is a lot bigger!

They are carnivorous, like their smaller brethren, and can be dangerous to humans. However, they don't like to stray too far away from water so the best defence is simply to head into the trees!