Seaking resembles a {{wp|koi}} or {{wp|goldfish}}, as it is a big orange colored fish with white and black markings. It also has a horn on its head, 2 big dark eyes, and pink lips with 2 small, sharp fangs.
Seaking resembles a {{wp|koi}} or {{wp|goldfish}}, as it is a big orange colored fish with white and black markings. It also has a horn on its head, two big dark eyes, and pink lips with two small, sharp fangs.
Seaking resembles a koi or goldfish, as it is a big orange colored fish with white and black markings. It also has a horn on its head, two big dark eyes, and pink lips with two small, sharp fangs.
Gender differences
A female has a smaller horn.
Special abilities
Seaking is a very powerful swimmer, being able to swim up the riviers current and even up waterfalls. It also uses it's powerful horn to bore holes in solid rock to keep their eggs safe.
Behavior
In autumn, Seaking travel up river to lay eggs and raise young.
Ash, Misty, and Professor Oak have owned Seaking in the past, though Ash and Misty released theirs only a short time after capturing it, due to the rules of the competition. It should be noted that Professor Oak's Seaking was invented by the dub.
Juan also owns a Seaking, which was used in a Gym battle against Ash in The Great Eight Fate!. Juan's Seaking was able to block electric attacks with Horn Drill and send them back at its opponent.
In the autumn, Seaking males can be seen performing courtship dances in riverbeds to woo females. During this season, this Pokémon's body coloration is at its most beautiful.
Seaking is very protective of its eggs. The male and female will take turns patrolling around their nest and eggs. The guarding of eggs by these Pokémon goes on for over a month.
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Seaking's prototype name was "Neptune", named after the god of the sea in Roman mythology.
Seaking is the subject of a meme on the *chan sites: "F*** YEAH SEAKING." This meme centers around Seaking destroying things.
Seaking and Goldeen are the only Pokémon that can learn Waterfall through leveling up. This makes it one of few Pokémon released to be able to learn an HM move by level-up.
Despite being called Seaking, it is found in fresh water, like real life goldfish.
Seakings's number in the Sinnoh Dex and the Johto Dex is the same: 079. This makes it and its evolution family one of only five families of Pokémon (comprising thirteen Pokémon altogether) to have the same numbers in more than one Pokédex-like listing.
In the anime, Seaking is the only Pokémon that both Ash and Misty have owned (however, both Seaking were caught and released in a single episode).
Origin
It seems to be based on a species of goldfish known as Azuma Nishiki (東錦). The horn part may be based on Matsya, an avatar that the hindu god Vishnu assumed, which is sometimes depicted as a fish with a horn.
Name origin
Seaking's name is simply a combination of sea and king (seeking?). Its Japanese name may be based on 小豆鱒 azukimasu, rock cod and 魔王 ma-ō, devil king. Interestingly enough, its Japanese name may also be taken to literally mean 東王 azuma-ō, East king. Furthermore, an アズマニシキ azumanishiki is a kind of goldfish. Likely the name is meant to compliment Goldeen's "queenliness" with a combination of the Azuma Nishiki (東錦) goldfish and the Japanese word for king, ou (王).
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
For other sprites and images, please see Seaking images on Bulbagarden Archives.
