Lunge Fish are large catfish featured in the Yoshi franchise. They first appear in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
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Physical description[]
Lunge Fish have a light green body with a white belly. They have big red lips from which two buckteeth are visible from the upper lip while the Lunge Fish's mouth is closed.
Behavior[]
A Lunge Fish is found in areas with shallow water. Their main attack involves lunging at a Yoshi to try and eat him. Lunge Fish are indestructible and can only be avoided. An egg can be thrown at a Lunge Fish to temporarily stun it, and in doing so, the best option is to stay away and avoid falling into its open mouth by accident.
In Tetris Attack[]
A Lunge Fish is the sixth boss of Vs. Mode in the Game Boy version and the seventh boss in the Super Nintendo Entertainment System version.
In Yoshi's Island DS[]
In the level Up the Creek, the third section of the river is infested with Lunge Fish, one of which is following the raft used by Green Yoshi. If he falls off the raft and into the water, he is likely to be eaten by the Lunge Fish.
Timeline[]
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Role | Year | Console | Notes |
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| Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | Enemy | 1995 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | |
| Tetris Attack | Opponent, playable character | 1996 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | |
| Tetris Attack | Opponent, playable character | 1996 | Game Boy | |
| Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 | Enemy | 2002 | Game Boy Advance | Same as in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island |
| Yoshi's Island DS | Enemy | 2006 | Nintendo DS | |
| Yoshi's New Island | Enemy | 2014 | Nintendo 3DS | |
| Yoshi's Woolly World | Enemy | 2015 | Wii U | |
| Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World | Enemy | 2017 | Nintendo 3DS | Same as in Yoshi's Woolly World |
| Yoshi's Crafted World | Enemy | 2019 | Nintendo Switch |
Nomenclature[]
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Name | Translation | Notes |
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| Chinese (Simplified) | 吞吞鲶 Tūn Tūn Nián |
Swallowing Catfish | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 吞吞鯰 Tūn Tūn Nián |
Swallowing Catfish | |
| French | Gobe-Tout | Swallow Whole | |
| German | Schnorchel Wels Lippenwels |
Snorkel catfish Lip catfish |
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| Italian | Acchiappesce | Snatching Fish (roughly) | Portmanteau of "acchiappare" (to snatch) and "pesce" (fish) |
| Japanese | ノモズ Nomozu |
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| Korean | 메귀 Megwi |
Fearsome Catfish (roughly) | Portmanteau of "메기" (megi, catfish) and "鬼" (gwi, "ghost" or for describing something fearsome) |
| Russian | Рыбоглот Ryboglot |
Swallowing Fish (roughly) | Portmanteau of "рыба" (ryba, fish) and "глотать" (glotat, to swallow) |
| Spanish (American) | Bagregona | ||
| Spanish (European) | Pez Zampón | Gobble Fish |
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