Bluegill

• Appearance: Insectile
  • Lavender, six-legged body about 12cm long (TNG: "Conspiracy")
  • Long pincers at front (TNG: "Conspiracy")
  • Blue gill at rear (TNG: "Conspiracy")
• Lifespan: Indeterminate
  • At least 6,000 years (DS9 Short Story: "Sins of the Mother")
• Biological notes
  • Capable of infiltrating the nervous systems of most humanoid species, controlling them internally (TNG: "Conspiracy"; DS9 Short Story: "Sins of the Mother")
    • Unable to access host body's long-term memory (TNG: "Conspiracy"; DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
    • Species immune to infiltration include Cardassians (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
    • Biochemical modifications result in extreme strength, resistance to pain, immunity to lower level phaser shots (TNG: "Conspiracy"; DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
  • Descended from symbionts of Trillius Prime (DS9 Short Story: "Sins of the Mother")
    • Similar biochemistry, genetic structure as a result (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
      • DNA similar enough that it can be mistaken for symbiont DNA (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
      • Neurological connection still mediated by isoboramine (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)