Stunfisk has electrical powers, zapping their prey.
Stunfisk has electrical powers, zapping their prey. Their skin is very tough allowing it to takes hits, such as being trampled by sumo wrestlers, without being injured.
Stunfisk is a fish-like creature with a broad, flattened, mud-brown body and a yellow tail that is constantly held above its face. At the base of its tail is a yellow marking shaped like an upside-down exclamation point. It has small, horizontal oval-shaped eyes, white with a tiny black pupil and no irises. Nearly exactly between these two eyes lies its mouth, which comprises of two thick gray lips. Finally, it has two small, flimsy fins at the sides of its body. These fins have two lobes.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Stunfisk has electrical powers, zapping their prey. Their skin is very tough allowing it to takes hits, such as being trampled by sumo wrestlers, without being injured.
Behavior
Stunfisk buries itself in mud and sediment and waits for prey to pass by. Whenever unsuspecting prey touch its body, electricity is released and the prey is paralyzed.
Of these, Stunfisk is the only one that is not Ground/Flying.
Stunfisk is the only non-legendaryGround-type Pokémon that is not related to any other Pokémon by evolution.
Origin
Stunfisk seems to be based on a flounder or dab combined with an electric ray. It may also be based on the stargazer, another fish that spends most of its time buried in the sea bottom and can make electric discharges when disturbed.
Name origin
Stunfisk is likely a combination of stun and fisk, the word for "fish" in most Northern European languages (from Old English fisk), or a combination of stun, fish, and disk, in reference to its flat shape. Maggyo name is likely a combination of マッド maddo, mud, and 魚 gyo, fish.
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