What animal is Remoraid?

Remoraid is likely based on a real life Archerfish, who uniquely hunts by spitting down its prey. There's still many unanswered questions about Archerfish, such as how they compensate for vision distortion, since they are aiming at targets above the water.
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What kind of animal is Remoraid?

Octillery is a Water-type Pokémon species originally identified in the Johto region. Its juvenile stage is known as Remoraid.
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What kind of fish is Remoraid?

Remoraids Japanese name is "Teppouo", a combination of the words "Teppo" meaning gun, and "uo" meaning fish. Teppouo is also the Japanese name for an archerfish, a fish that preys on land based insects and other animals by shooting them with water droplets formed in their specialised mouths.
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What animal is Octillery based on?

#223 – Remoraid

He's not much like a remora at all – at least, not on his own – and in the original Japanese isn't even named after one. Rather, he's more of an archerfish, those fish that shoot down flying insects by spitting water.
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Is Octillery an octopus?

Octillery is an octopus looking Pokemon in the game. It uses its tentacles to attack and can paralyze its enemy in battle.
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Is Grapploct an octopus?

Grapploct is a blue, amphibious, octopus-like Pokémon with a yellow jagged eyemask-like marking, suckers, and what appears to be a breathing organ on the side of its head, which can also be used to squirt out ink and perform special moves.
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What Pokémon turns into an octopus?

  • Octillery (Japanese: オクタン Okutank) is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Generation II.
  • It evolves from Remoraid starting at level 25.
  • Octillery is a red, cephalopod-like Pokémon with large, round eyes and a turret-like mouth. ...
  • Octillery is a relaxed Pokémon who loves fuss from its Trainer.
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What animal is Zarude based on?

Biology. Zarude is a simian Pokémon resembling a baboon or mandrill. Its body is primarily covered in coarse black fur, though its chest and belly are patterned with shorter gray fur. Its upper snout, palms, and rings around its eyes are devoid of fur, and its skin is a light gray.
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What animal is Heatmor based on?

Biology. Heatmor is a bipedal, anteater-like Pokémon.
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What animal is Appletun based off on?

Appletun is a dragon-like Pokémon whose body is reminiscent of apple pie.
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What is Remoraid based off of?

Remoraid is likely based on a real life Archerfish, who uniquely hunts by spitting down its prey. There's still many unanswered questions about Archerfish, such as how they compensate for vision distortion, since they are aiming at targets above the water.
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What animal is Mantyke?

Mantyke is a Pokémon that resembles a manta ray. It has a round body with wide, flat fins. Its back is dark-blue, while its underside is light blue.
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What animal is Mantine?

Size: 12" Mantine is a large, manta ray-like Pocket Monster with wide fins and two ring-shaped marks on its back.
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What kind of animal is magby?

Magby (Japanese: ブビィ Buby) is a Fire-type baby Pokémon introduced in Generation II. It evolves into Magmar starting at level 30, which evolves into Magmortar when traded while holding a Magmarizer.
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What does Remoraid turn into?

Remoraid (Japanese: テッポウオ Teppouo) is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Generation II. It evolves into Octillery starting at level 25.
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What animal is Basculegion based on?

Basculegion is a large, green fish-like Pokémon.
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What animal is Dragapult based on?

Dragapult's appearance is reminiscent of both ancient lepospondyls such as Diplocaulus and modern stealth bombers. It has a triangular, wing-shaped head; a relatively short body; and a long, laterally flattened tail similar to a newt's.
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What is Mesprit based on?

Mesprit, along with Uxie and Azelf, appears to be inspired by the Imperial Regalia of Japan, which are consists of three relics - the sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi, the mirror Yata no Kagami and the jewel Yasakani no Magatama.
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What animal is Falinks based on?

Some fans have speculated that Falinks is one such Pokémon. It has many similarities shared with an admiral caterpillar.
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What animal is Zamazenta?

Zacian and Zamazenta are the Pokémon Sword and Shield Legendary Pokémon, per Pokémon Direct reveal. They are wolves and have sword and shield bodies respectively.
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What animal is Thwackey based on?

Again its design may come from squirrel monkeys, but it could also be based around the Barbary macaques, a monkey species that lives on the British territory of Gibraltar. It's the only species of monkey that lives in the wild in Europe.
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Is Pikachu a rat Pokémon?

Pikachu, which looks something like a cross between a mouse and a rabbit, has always been put in the “mouse” category in the Pokédex, the digital encyclopedia for Pokémon.
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Is Zorua a cat?

Zorua is a slate gray, fox-like Pokémon with red and black accents.
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Is there a dolphin Pokémon?

Finizen is a light blue cetacean Pokémon resembling a dolphin. It has a pale bluish white coloration on its underbelly that extends to its lower jaw and eyes, as well as on its dorsal fin.
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