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Height
21'04"
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6.5 m
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21'04"/6.5 m
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0'0"/0.0 m
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Weight
518.1 lbs.
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235.0 kg
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518.1 lbs./235.0 kg
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HP
0
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2
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| Base Exp.: 214
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Gyarados (Japanese: ギャラドス Gyarados) is a dual-type Water/Flying Pokémon.
It evolves from Magikarp starting at level 20.
Biology
Physiology
Gyarados is a large dragon Pokémon, resembling dragons seen in Chinese mythology. Its serpentine body is mostly blue, but its underbelly and the spots along its body are yellow. It has a three-pointed, dark blue crest on its head and four white fins down its back. Its mouth is very large and gaping, bearing four canine teeth, but bears some resemblance to that of its pre-evolution Magikarp. Like Magikarp, it has one barbel on both sides of its face. Its pectoral and dorsal fins also resemble Magikarp's. Gyarados is rarely shown with its mouth closed. When Gyarados is forced to undergo evolution, it retains Magikarp's red coloring, leading to the phenomena of the Red Gyarados.
Gender differences
A female has white barbels, while a male has blue. A Shiny male Gyarados will have red barbels.
Special abilities
Gyarados, like most dragon-like Pokémon, has a high Attack stat, causing it to rely more on physical attacks than special ones. It is one of the few Water-types able to wield both Fire-type and Electric-type attacks. Its fangs can crush stones and its scales are harder than steel. Despite the strength of its fangs, it cannot learn the move Crunch and can only learn one of the elemental fang moves.
Behavior
This Pokémon bears little resemblance to its docile pre-evolution. Gyarados is infamously known for its fierce temper and wanton destructive tendencies. Once it has worked itself into a frenzy, it will not calm until everything around it is destroyed—this tendency is attributed to the dramatic structural changes its brain undergoes during evolution. It seems attracted to violence. During times of human conflict, Gyarados are said to appear, burning entire cities down to the ground. In addition, Gyarados are also notoriously difficult to tame even after they are captured by the Trainer, usually requiring an exceptional amount of work in taming it until it can become loyal and obedient to its Trainer.
Habitat
Gyarados usually live in large bodies of water, such as lakes and ponds or even seas and oceans. The Lake of Rage is the best known nesting area for Gyarados, and most famously, the red Gyarados, however, they are still quite rare even in the Lake Of Rage, as they are seldom found in the wild.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Red Gyarados in the anime
Major appearances
Misty obtained a Gyarados after passing the PIA test in Cerulean Blues. Prior to the test, Misty was terrified of Gyarados, but in order to pass the test, she had to overcome her fear of it. In the end, she calmed and kept the Gyarados.
Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution and Rage Of Innocence focused on a red Gyarados. It was on a destructive rampage until Lance captured it. This Gyarados appeared again in Gaining Groudon and The Scuffle of Legends to stop the feuding of Groudon and Kyogre.
Other
A Gyarados appeared in Pokémon Shipwreck. James was frustrated with his Magikarp and kicked it into the water. That Magikarp evolved into a Gyarados. It reappeared in a flashback in the following episode.
Groups of Gyarados were seen from within a submarine disguised as or styled after a Gyarados by Jessie, James, and Meowth in The Pi-Kahuna shortly before the onset of a massive, annual tidal wave celebrated by local surfers who were apparently not aware of the annual migration. According to James, the Gyarados gathered each year in this location to lay their eggs.
In Mewtwo Strikes Back, a Gyarados owned by Fergus was one of the Pokémon that were captured and cloned by Mewtwo. Fergus attacked Mewtwo with Gyarados's Hyper Beam, but Mewtwo turned the attack back on it, knocking the Gyarados out. The Gyarados clone is seen again in Mewtwo Returns. Before Mewtwo appeared, Ash commented that he had heard that Gyarados were hard to train.
Another Gyarados was used in A Crasher Course in Power!, under the ownership of Crasher Wake.
Minor appearances
Gyarados debuted in a cameo appearance in Pokémon - I Choose You!. It was swimming by in a river that Ash had jumped into to avoid being chased by a flock of Spearow.
Gyarados also appeared in the banned episode EP035.
A Gyarados appeared in Lights, Camera, Quack-tion, as part of the cast for the movie "Pokémon in Love".
A Gyarados appeared in Poké Ball Peril.
Nurse Joy had befriended a giant Magikarp that later evolved into Gyarados in The Joy of Pokémon. Despite Magikarp being giant, it was regular-sized as a Gyarados.
Multiple Gyarados also appeared in The Power of One and Pokémon Heroes.
The Magikarp that Dr. Quackenpoker had been observing evolved into Gyarados in The Wacky Watcher!.
A Gyarados was seen in a fantasy in The Rivalry Revival.
A Gyarados also appeared in Celebi: Voice of the Forest.
A Gyarados appeared in Dueling Heroes.
Trinity used a Gyarados in her battle against Misty in the Whirl Cup in The Perfect Match!.
Lance also owns a normal Gyarados, but not much is known about this one as its only appearance was in Marina's fantasy in The Legend of Thunder!.
Lola owns a Gyarados as seen in A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!.
Four Gyarados appeared in The Search for the Legend where they were driven away by Silver's Salamence.
A Gyarados made a brief cameo as a thief in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness.
A Gyarados appeared in Sandshrew's Locker!.
A Gyarados is used by one of the students of Pokémon Summer Academy in the second leg of the Pokémon Triathlon in One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!.
A Gyarados blasted Team Rocket away in Strategy Begins at Home!.
Another Gyarados makes an appearance at the beginning of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
Pokédex entries
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Entry
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| EP016
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Gyarados
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Ash's Pokédex
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Gyarados. This Pokémon has a vicious temperament, so use extreme caution. Its fangs can crush stones and its scales are harder than steel.
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In the manga
Misty's Gyarados in The Electric Tale of Pikachu
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
- Main article: Misty's Gyarados
Misty owns a Gyarados in the The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga.
Gary has a Gyarados which was sent out with his other Pokémon to battle the giant Slowpoke in Ash vs. Gary.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
- Main article: Gyara
- Main article: Red Gyarados
Gyarados debuts in the Red, Green & Blue arc in its own round, Gyarados Splashes In!. Here, an enraged one attacks its own Trainer, Misty, but is recaught by Red, who supposedly returns it to her. The drastic change in attitude of the Pokémon was the result of a Team Rocket experiment as is shown in Raging Rhydon.
Later on, Misty traded this Gyarados to Red in exchange for Red's Krabby which he names Gyara.
Gyarados is later seen with Lance, using its BubbleBeam to shield him from the lava of Mt. Cerise.
A Red Gyarados was seen in the Lake of Rage three years later, but it was caught by Silver. It had the ability to control the other Gyarados in the lake.
When Red borrows Blue's Charizard to travel to Mt. Silver, he temporarily trades his Gyarados to Blue. It later appears as one of Blue's Pokémon in Volume 13, used against Entei, and later part of his revealed team during the Gym Leader faceoff. Prior to the FireRed and LeafGreen saga, Blue returns Gyarados to Red.
Crasher Wake also has a Gyarados which was very briefly seen during his presentation, where he was riding on it in A Skuffle with Skorupi.
In the Pokémon Get da ze! manga
Shū has a Gyarados in the Pokémon Get da ze! manga.
In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga
Black owns a Gyarados in The Golden Boys manga.
In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga
Rald has a Gyarados as seen in Battle Between Student and Master!.
In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
Crahser Wake has a Gyarados which was used against Hareta in a Gym battle.
Cyrus sent out his Gyarados after his Weavile suffered tons of damage from Piplup's surprise attack.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Lance owns a Gyarados as seen in PM036.
Pokédex entries
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| Pokémon Adventures
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PS006
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The evolved form of Magikarp. Rarely seen in the wild. Huge and vicious, it is capable of destroying entire cities in a rage. Can fire a Hyper Beam from its mouth.
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In the TCG
- Main article: Gyarados (TCG)
Red Gyarados have appeared three times in the TCG, once in Neo Revelation as Shining Gyarados, once in EX Holon Phantoms as Gyarados 
δ, and in HeartGold & SoulSilver as Gyarados. The most recent appearance in HeartGold & SoulSilver most likely commemorates Red Gyarados's initial appearance as a significant part of the storyline in Pokémon Gold and Silver.
Other appearances
Gyarados only appears as a trophy.
Trophy Information
"An Atrocious Pokémon rarely seen in the wild. When it does appear, it's usually running rampant in a destructive rage--behavior that has the unfortunate side effect of leaving whole cities in ruin. It is said that when humans begin a conflict, Gyarados incinerates the towns of both warring parties. There are records of a Gyarados rampage lasting as long as a month. Its pre-evolution form is Magikarp."
Game data
In Diamond and Pearl a red Gyarados is featured on the TV on a program called "Search for the Red Gyarados." It is this that inspires Lucas or Dawn and their rival to go to Lake Verity, to see if there is a rare Pokémon dwelling in it.
NPC appearances
Pokédex entries
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| Red
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Rarely seen in the wild. Huge and vicious, it is capable of destroying entire cities in a rage.
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Brutally vicious and enormously destructive. Known for totally destroying cities in ancient times.
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Extremely vicious and horribly brutal. Has enough destructive power to totally annihilate even a major city.
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They say that during past wars, Gyarados would appear and leave blazing ruins in its wake.
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| Silver
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Once it appears, it goes on a rampage. It remains enraged until it demolishes everything around it.
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| Crystal
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It appears whenever there is world conflict, burning down any place it travels through.
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| Stadium 2
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They say that during the past wars, Gyarados would appear and leave blazing ruins in its wake.
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| Ruby
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When Magikarp evolves into Gyarados, its brain cells undergo a structural transformation. It is said that this transformation is to blame for this Pokémon's wildly violent nature.
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Once Gyarados goes on a rampage, its ferociously violent blood doesn't calm until it has burned everything down. There are records of this Pokémon's rampages lasting a whole month.
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It is an extremely vicious and violent Pokémon. When humans begin to fight, it will appear and burn everything to the ground with intensely hot flames.
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It has an extremely aggressive nature. The Hyper Beam it shoots from its mouth totally incinerates all targets.
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Rarely seen in the wild. Huge and vicious, it is capable of destroying entire cities in a rage.
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Once it appears, its rage never settles until it has razed the fields and mountains around it.
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In ancient literature, there is a record of a Gyarados that razed a village when violence flared.
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| Platinum
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Once it begins to rampage, a Gyarados will burn everything down, even in a harsh storm.
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| HeartGold
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They say that during past wars, Gyarados would appear and leave blazing ruins in its wake.
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Once it appears, it goes on a rampage. It remains enraged until it demolishes everything around it.
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Once it begins to rampage, a Gyarados will burn everything down, even in a harsh storm.
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Game locations
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Held items
Stats
Base stats
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Range
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At Lv. 100
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95
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155 - 202
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300 - 394
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125
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117 - 194
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229 - 383
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79
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75 - 144
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146 - 282
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60
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58 - 123
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112 - 240
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100
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94 - 167
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184 - 328
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81
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77 - 146
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150 - 287
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Total: 540
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 100.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Gyarados
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Gyarados
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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| This Pokémon learns no moves by breeding.
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Gyarados in Generation V
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Gyarados in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Gyarados
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Gyarados
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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TCG-only moves
Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
Gyarados with its mouth closed and violet eyes
- In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Gyarados' name was Skulkraken, a combination of skull and kraken (a mythological sea monster).
- Despite being part Flying type, the only Flying-type move it can learn is Bounce, which is only possible via Move Tutor in Pokémon Platinum. However, it has been seen flying in the anime.
- In Generation II and Generation IV, Gyarados is the only 100%-certain Shiny encounter and the first of only two Shiny Pokémon to be integrated into a game's plot (the second was Celebi in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness).
- In the Pokémon anime, Gyarados's eyes are violet instead of the red that appears in its sprites and official artwork.
- Gyarados has the greatest increase of its base stat total of any Pokémon compared to its prevolution, an increase of 340 points. It shares this distinction with Milotic.
- As of Generation V, Gyarados and its pre-evolution's Egg group combination (Water 2 and Dragon) is unique.
- As of Generation V, Gyarados is used by three of the six Pokémon League Champions, being used by Blue, Lance and Wallace, making it the most popular Pokémon among Pokémon League Champions thus far (although Blue does not always have a Gyarados, depending on the player's starter Pokémon).
- Both of Gyarados's abilities involve the Attack stat; Intimidate lowers the opponent's Attack, while Moxie increases its own.
- Gyarados's known abilities are shared with another evolutionary line, Salamence.
- Gyarados appears in every regional Pokédex except the Unova Pokédex.
- Gyarados is the heaviest Flying-type Pokémon and the second largest, being surpassed in length by Rayquaza.
- In many ways, Gyarados is the counterpart of Milotic. Both are the serpentine evolved forms of weak fish Pokémon, and both appear in times of conflict, Gyarados to destroy, Milotic to becalm. Both have base stat totals of 540, the only difference being the distribution of their Attack, Special Attack and Special Defense stats.
Origin
It appears to be based on a sea dragon or sea serpent. Gyarados is partially based on a legend about how carp that leapt over the Dragon Gate would become dragons. Several waterfalls and cataracts in China are believed to be the location of the Dragon Gate. This is referenced by Pokémon Snap, as you need to get Magikarp into a waterfall to evolve it into Gyarados. This legend is an allegory of the drive and efforts needed to overcome obstacles (which can be tied to the fact that Gyarados' pre-evolution, Magikarp, could possibly take a lot of drive and effort to legitimately evolve into Gyarados).
Name origin
Gyarados may derive from 虐殺 gyakusatsu (massacre/slaughter) or 逆境 gyakkyō (hardship/adversity)—both words relate to the creature's violent nature and the hardship it experienced before evolving—and ドス dosu (onomatopoeia for the piercing of flesh, again owing to Gyarados' violent nature). Alternatively, dos may indicate that it is the second in its evolutionary line.
In other languages
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ギャラドス Gyarados
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From 虐殺 gyakusatsu or 逆境 gyakkyō
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Leviator
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A corruption of Leviathan
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Gyarados
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Same as English/Japanese name
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Karpador
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Similar to English/Japanese name
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 Italian
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Gyarados
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Same as English/Japanese name
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 Korean
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갸라도스 Gyaradoseu
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Transliteration of Japanese name
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 Mandarin Chinese
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暴鯉龍 / 暴鲤龙 Bàolǐlóng
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Literally "Explosive dragon"
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 Cantonese Chinese
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鯉魚龍 Léihyùhlùhng
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Literally "Carp dragon"
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Related articles
External links
Notes
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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.
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δ, and in HeartGold & SoulSilver as Gyarados. The most recent appearance in HeartGold & SoulSilver most likely commemorates Red Gyarados's initial appearance as a significant part of the storyline in Pokémon Gold and Silver.
For other sprites and images, please see Gyarados images on Bulbagarden Archives.
