Remoraid is a small, light-blue fish-like Pokémon. It has saucer-like eyes and a purple mouth with four pointed teeth. Remoraid has a single pelvic fin positioned like a revolver's trigger, two caudal fins (the bottom on being the handle and the top one being the hammer) two small pectoral fins and a dorsal fin near its mouth. Remoraid may be a distant cousin of Magikarp and Feebas due to the fact all three are fish-like Pokémon that evolve into completely different sea-creatures (even though Remoraid's evolved form is an octopus while Magikarp and Feebas evolve into sea-serpents).
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Remoraid has the typical abilities of a Template:Type2, but also various beam-based moves (Remoraid is one of the few Pokémon that aren't fully evolved to learn Hyper Beam), as well Bullet Seed, Lock-On, Octazooka and Rock Blast to coincide with its gun-like appearance. Unlike most Water-type Pokémon, Remoraid is capable of using Template:Type2 attacks. The presence of a Remoraid has been known to make Mantyke evolve.
Behavior
Remoraid are well-known for their ability to shoot jets of water from the surface with incredible accuracy - often this is used to shoot bugs out of the air. They tend to travel with Mantine by attaching to its fins.
In Template:PSV, Crystal captures a swarm of Remoraid during her ocean trip with Yellow and Fisherman Wilton. In the next volume, Wilton gives them to Gold, who uses them to power his Mantine for aerial transport.
Remoraid sucks in water, then expels it at high velocity using its abdominal muscles to shoot down flying prey. When evolution draws near, this Pokémon travels downstream from rivers.
Remoraid sucks in water, then expels it at high velocity using its abdominal muscles to shoot down flying prey. When evolution draws near, this Pokémon travels downstream from rivers.
A Remoraid uses its abdominal muscles to forcefully expel swallowed water, then shoot down flying prey. When evolution approaches, it travels down rivers.
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The Gunfish enemy that appears underwater in Stage 6 of Pulseman resembles to Remoraid, as they are both combinations of fish and revolver pistols. This may be on purpose due to the fact that Ken Sugimori designed the characters in this game and also designs Pokémon.
Remoraid is the only Pokémon so far that is needed to evolve another Pokémon in the same party. Without Remoraid's presence, Mantyke cannot evolve into Mantine.
Despite its symbiotic relationship with Mantine in previous generations, it does not appear in Mantine's Generation IV sprite. Ironically, this is the same generation as Remoraid is needed to obtain a Mantine by evolution from Mantyke.
Along with Dratini, Larvitar, and Trapinch, Remoraid is one of the very few basic-stage Pokémon to learn Hyper Beam by level up. Of the four, only Remoraid is not part of a three-stage evolutionary line.
Origin
Its fame for shooting attacks is like an archerfish, however in all other regards it seems to be based on a remora, and has some elements that make it look like a revolver. It doesn't look like its evolved form, Octillery, much like several other fishlike Pokémon do not resemble their evolutions, but Octillery has some wheeled cannon elements, making somewhat of a parallel.
Name origin
Remoraid's name may be a combination of remora and raid, as in a rapid attack. Alternatively, its name could be a combination of romora and aid, denoting the health benefits of some fish which clean others. It may also be taken to incorporate the word mermaid into the name. Its Japanese name is probably a combination of 鉄砲 teppō, gun – as in water gun – and 魚 uo, fish. 鉄砲魚 teppōuo is also the Japanese name for the archerfish.
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 Remoraid images on Bulbagarden Archives.
