Corphish (Pokémon)

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Corphish
ヘイガニ Heigani
#341
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Type
Water '
Category
Ruffian Pokémon
Abilities
Hyper Cutter or Shell Armor
Exp. at Lv. 100
1,640,000
Regional Pokédex numbers
Johto
#-
Hoenn
#129
Regional Browser numbers
Height
0'0"
Imperial
0.0 m
Metric
Weight
0.0 lbs.
Imperial
0.0 kg
Metric
Dex color
Unknown
Catch rate
205 (26.8%)
Body style
BodyUnknown.png BodyUnknown.png
Blue-Striped
Footprint
 F341.png   F487O.png
Blue-Striped
Gender ratio
Gender unknown
Breeding
Water 1 and
Water 3 groups
1 cycles
(255 minimum steps)
EV yield
HP
0
Atk
0
Def
0
Sp.Atk
0
Sp.Def
0
Speed
0
Base Exp.: 111 Battle Exp.: 1111*
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Corphish (Japanese: ヘイガニ Heigani; German: Krebscorps; French: Ecrapince) is a Water-type Pokémon.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Ruby
Corphish were originally foreign Pokémon that were imported as pets. They eventually turned up in the wild. This Pokémon is very hardy and has greatly incresed its population.
Pokémon Emerald
Once it grips prey with its large pincers, it will never let go, no matter what. It is a hardy Pokémon that can thrive in any environment.

Name origin

Corphish's name is possibly a pun on crayfish.

Alternatively, it could be a homonymic play on the arcane Newfoundland fishing term corfish; the meaning of "corfish" is not clear. According to "West to Pemaquid,"[1], corfish were a "kind of dried fish," specifically, "a green variety." It goes on to say that the other kind of dried fish was called "dunfish," which we can ascertain from the 1913 Webster means "codfish cured in a particular manner, so as to be of a superior quality." We can assume from this that "corfish" is thus probably a type of preserved, dried codfish, and, according to West to Pemaquid, lower quality than dunfish (corfish ... was suitable for sale ... as slave food ...). "Colony of Avalon,"[2] further asserts corfish to mean "wet-cured fish" (to cure being to preserve using salts or smoke). Corfish is mostly obsolete, but is still sometimes used, and can especially be found in old English; for example, see page 279 of Captain John Smith: A Select Edition of His Writings or New England Before the Pilgrim Fathers Landed[3]: "Of dry fish we made about 40000. of Cor fish about 7000," and "With these Furres, the Traine, and Corfish I returned for England in the Bark ..." (1614). The Dictionary of Newfoundland English defines "corfish," but it is not widely available.

Old English also used the forms "cor fish" and "cor-fish." Other references to corfish in archaic documents, particularily those authored by Captain John Smith, which provides clues to its meaning are as follows:

  • "where they take nothing but small Cod, where of the greatest they make Cor-fish, and the rest is hard dried, which we call Poore-John, would amaze a man with wonder.[4]
    "Newfoundland doth yearly freight near eight hundred sail of ships with a silly, lean, skinny poor-john, and cor fish ..."[5]

Its Japanese name is based on 平家蟹 heikegani, Heike crab.

Base stats

Stat Range
At Lv. 50 At Lv. 100
43
103 - 150 196 - 290
80
76 - 145 148 - 284
65
63 - 128 121 - 251
50
49 - 112 94 - 218
35
36 - 95 67 - 185
35
36 - 95 67 - 185
Total:
308
Other Pokémon with this total
  • 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.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
Damaged
normally by:
Normal
Fighting
Flying
Poison
Ground
Rock
Bug
Ghost
Steel ½×
Fire ×
Water ×
Grass ×
Electric ×
Psychic ×
Ice ×
Dragon ×
Dark ×
None
Weak to:
Normal
Fighting
Flying
Poison
Ground
Rock
Bug
Ghost
Steel ½×
Fire ×
Water ×
Grass ×
Electric ×
Psychic ×
Ice ×
Dragon ×
Dark ×
None
Immune to:
Normal
Fighting
Flying
Poison
Ground
Rock
Bug
Ghost
Steel ½×
Fire ×
Water ×
Grass ×
Electric ×
Psychic ×
Ice ×
Dragon ×
Dark ×
None
Resistant to:
Normal
Fighting
Flying
Poison
Ground
Rock
Bug
Ghost
Steel ½×
Fire ×
Water ×
Grass ×
Electric ×
Psychic ×
Ice ×
Dragon ×
Dark ×
None



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