Real-animal Pokémon

Fish Pokémon

47 Pokémon are based on or look like fish. They run from Horsea (#0116) to Chi-Yu (#1004).

Fish Pokémon facts

All 47 Fish Pokémon

Each Pokémon is here because its lore page on pokee.si says it is based on or inspired by fish, or looks like them. Game Freak does not always say what inspired a design, so some of these are well-supported readings, not official facts.

#PokémonTypeWhy it countsGen
#0116HorseaWaterBased on a seahorse, with a blue body and red eyes.1
#0117SeadraWaterA seahorse, maybe a spiny one, with a hint of seadragon.1
#0118GoldeenWaterSeems based on a tosakin goldfish with a flat tail.1
#0119SeakingWaterSeems based on an oranda goldfish.1
#0129MagikarpWaterAppears to be an Asian carp, with a goldfish pun.1
#0170ChinchouWater/ElectricRead as an anglerfish, specifically the footballfish.2
#0171LanturnWater/ElectricLooks like an anglerfish, specifically the footballfish.2
#0211QwilfishWater/PoisonBased on a pufferfish or porcupinefish that swells up.2
#0223RemoraidWaterSuggests the remora, with water-shooting like an archerfish.2
#0226MantineWater/FlyingLeaps like a manta ray, a flying ray of the sea.2
#0230KingdraWater/DragonA seahorse, maybe the crowned seahorse, with a dragon touch.2
#0258MudkipWaterAppears to be a mudpuppy or mudskipper, or maybe an axolotl.3
#0259MarshtompWater/GroundAppears to be a mudpuppy or mudskipper.3
#0318CarvanhaWater/DarkA piranha design, with a red belly like the red-bellied piranha.3
#0319SharpedoWater/DarkA great white shark missing its back half, like an ocean sunfish.3
#0339BarboachWater/GroundA small, snake-like grey fish with a long body.3
#0340WhiscashWater/GroundA catfish, chiefly Namazu, the Japanese earthquake catfish.3
#0349FeebasWaterModelled on a bass, maybe the largemouth bass.3
#0350MiloticWaterCompared to an oarfish, with a graceful look.3
#0367HuntailWaterBased on deep-sea fish like the gulper eel and moray eel.3
#0368GorebyssWaterMaybe the snipe eel, with echoes of pipefish and oarfish.3
#0369RelicanthWater/RockBased on the coelacanth, a fish once thought extinct.3
#0370LuvdiscWaterDraws on the discus fish and kissing gourami.3
#0456FinneonWaterA small fish like a neon tetra, with butterfly-wing tail fins.4
#0457LumineonWaterWalks like a tripod fish and glows like a deep-sea fish.4
#0458MantykeWater/FlyingA young manta ray with a smiley face on its back.4
#0550BasculinWaterA bass, added because Unova had few new fish.5
#0594AlomomolaWaterAn ocean sunfish blended with a heart for health.5
#0602TynamoElectricAn eel, with a design based on the young eel stage.5
#0603EelektrikElectricAn eel, inspired by a large eel the designer fished up.5
#0604EelektrossElectricA lamprey-like eel, maybe with a leech and ribbon eel too.5
#0618StunfiskGround/ElectricBased on a flounder, maybe with electric ray and stargazer touches.5
#0690SkrelpPoison/WaterBased on a seadragon, a relative of the seahorse.6
#0691DragalgePoison/DragonLooks like a leafy seadragon, which disguises itself as seaweed.6
#0746WishiwashiWaterA small sardine-like fish with glowing eyes like flashlight fish.7
#0779BruxishWater/PsychicA reef triggerfish, maybe Hawaii's state fish.7
#0846ArrokudaWaterBased on the barracuda and on pike.8
#0847BarraskewdaWaterBased on the barracuda and on pike, with spears in the mix.8
#0882DracovishWater/DragonIts top half looks like Dunkleosteus, an armoured prehistoric fish.8
#0883ArctovishWater/IceIts fish half looks like Dunkleosteus, an armoured prehistoric fish.8
#0902BasculegionWater/GhostSalmon and their relatives may have inspired it.8
#0904OverqwilDark/PoisonAn oversized porcupinefish with sharp spikes.8
#0960WiglettWaterLooks like a garden eel poking from the sand.9
#0961WugtrioWaterRead as a garden eel, three to a home.9
#0976VeluzaWater/PsychicThe name and shape suggest the hake.9
#0977DondozoWaterModelled on the wels catfish, a huge European fish.9
#1004Chi-YuDark/FireMaybe modelled on a goldfish with telescope eyes.9

Fish Pokémon by type

A Pokémon with two types is counted once for each type.

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