#0779 · Alola · Generation 7

Bruxish

Gnash Teeth Pokémon · Water/Psychic-type

Bruxish is a Water/Psychic-type Pokémon, the Gnash Teeth Pokémon, number 779 (#0779) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 7 and comes from the Alola region. It is 0.9 m tall and weighs 19 kg.

Bruxish grinds its teeth to fire a psychic blast from the bulb on its head, and the noise alone sends nearby Pokémon fleeing. Alola's lifeguards let it stay in their waters because it keeps other dangerous Water Pokémon away.

How to pronounce Bruxish

Bruxish is pronounced BRUK-sish. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Bruxish said out loud:

In Japanese it is ハギギシリ (Hagigishiri).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Bruxish is a 0.9 m, 19 kg fish with a light blue front, a purple upper body, a yellow underside and big dark purple lips full of sharp teeth. A bulb-tipped growth on its head can open like a flower. Bulbapedia says it buries itself in the seabed with only that growth showing, and its faint psychic field works like a radar for prey.

Behaviour

Grinding its teeth stimulates Bruxish's brain, and the Pokédex says that when sunlight catches the ripples the grinding sends out, the water all around it sparkles. Bulbapedia adds that a strong blast of psychic power gives opponents terrible headaches and can knock them out.

Habitat

Bulbapedia says it shares warm ocean currents with its rival Toxapex. It can be found in the East and West Paldean Seas in Scarlet and Violet.

Diet

It stuns prey with psychokinesis and grinds it up; the Pokédex names Shellder as a victim and says Bruxish shrugs off Mareanie's spikes and crunches them up.

Powers

Its Ability Dazzling stops opponents using priority moves, and Strong Jaw boosts its biting moves by 1.5 times; Wonder Skin is its Hidden Ability. According to Bulbapedia, no other known Pokémon can have Dazzling. It learns Crunch and Psychic Fangs, and with base Attack 105 it is a hard-hitting physical biter.

Name origin

Bruxish may blend 'bruxism', the medical term for teeth grinding, with 'fish'. The Japanese name is Hagigishiri (ハギギシリ), which may combine ha ('tooth'), kawahagi ('filefish') and hagishiri ('teeth grinding').

Design inspiration

Bulbapedia credits an unknown female designer with the original design, which James Turner finalised. The reef triggerfish, Hawaii's state fish, may have inspired it, with markings borrowed from the clown triggerfish, and the bold pattern may nod to dazzle camouflage.

In the games

In Sun and Moon, where it debuted, Bruxish is a fishing catch on Alola's Routes 13 to 15 and the Secluded Shore. In Scarlet and Violet it also turns up in 3 star Tera Raid Battles, and The Indigo Disk adds it to the Savanna Biome. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Bruxish debuted in 'Alola to New Adventure!' when Lana hooked one while fishing. In 'The Island Whisperer!' one used psychic power to trap a Wailmer until Olivia's Lycanroc scared it off with Rock Slide, and in 'All Out, All of the Time!' Goh caught one.

Fun facts

• Its base Speed of 92 is the highest of any Water type introduced in Generation VII, ahead of Tapu Fini on 85.
• Psychic Fangs was Bruxish's alone in Generation VII, yet breeding could still pass it on to other Pokémon.
• In Pokémon Adventures a Bruxish first appears attacking Professor Kukui's yacht, and another belongs to Faba.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Bruxish (Pokémon) · Serebii: Bruxish (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 68
• Attack: 105
• Defense: 70
• Sp. Atk: 70
• Sp. Def: 70
• Speed: 92

Bruxish’s base stat total is 475. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Bruxish weak to?

Bruxish takes extra damage from Electric (2×), Grass (2×), Bug (2×), Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.

It resists Fire (½×), Water (½×), Ice (½×), Fighting (½×), Psychic (½×), Steel (½×).

Evolution

Bruxish does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

Abilities

• Dazzling: Opposing Pokémon cannot use priority attacks.
• Strong Jaw: Strengthens biting moves to 1.5× their power.
• Wonder Skin (hidden ability): Lowers incoming non-damaging moves' base accuracy to exactly 50%.

Moves

Moves Bruxish learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (42)

Bruxish can learn 42 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Scary Face, Protect, Ice Fang, Water Pulse, Chilling Water, Facade, Icy Wind, Venoshock, Endure, Rain Dance, Psyshock, Psychic Fangs, Bulk Up, Sleep Talk, Reflect, Light Screen, Waterfall, Rest, Taunt, Swords Dance, Substitute, Crunch, Liquidation, Psychic, Surf, Calm Mind, Ice Beam, Psychic Terrain, Hydro Pump, Blizzard, Giga Impact, Trick Room, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Super Fang, Flip Turn, Pain Split, Whirlpool, Expanding Force, Psychic Noise.

Egg moves (4):Ice Fang, Poison Fang, Super Fang, Water Pulse.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Water 2.
• Egg cycles: 15 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,920).
• Catch rate: 80 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 166.

Pokédex entries

Its skin is thick enough to fend off Mareanie's spikes. With its robust teeth, Bruxish crunches up the spikes and eats them. (Ultra Moon)

It burrows beneath the sand, radiating psychic power from the protuberance on its head. It waits for prey as it surveys the area. (Ultra Sun)

It stuns its prey with psychokinesis and then grinds them to mush with its strong teeth. Even Shellder's shell is no match for it. (Moon)

When it unleashes its psychic power from the protuberance on its head, the grating sound of grinding teeth echoes through the area. (Sun)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Fastest Water type in Gen 7: 92 Speed.
• Taller than 43% of all Pokémon (0.9 m).
• Heavier than 40% of all Pokémon (19 kg).
• Base stat total 475, ranked #431 of 1,025.
• One of 6 Pokémon that are both Water and Psychic.
• One of 60 pink Pokémon.
• Number 58 of 88 Pokémon introduced in Generation 7 (Alola).
• Can learn 52 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 80: about 10.5% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 4 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Bruxish (Pokémon), Serebii: Bruxish (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (BRUK-sish): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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