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Seaking アズマオウ Azumao #119
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Water ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Goldfish Pokémon
Abilities Swift Swim or Water Veil Water Veil Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #119 Johto #079 Hoenn #051 Sinnoh #079 Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 4'03" Imperial 1.3 m Metric 4'03"/1.3 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 86.0 lbs. Imperial 39.0 kg Metric 86.0 lbs./39.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Red	Catch rate 60 (7.8%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Water 2 group 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 2 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 170 Battle Exp.: 1701*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Seaking (Japanese: アズマオウ Azumao) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.

It evolves from Goldeen starting at level 33.

Biology

Physiology

Seaking resembles a koi or goldfish, as it is a big orange colored fish with white and black markings. It also has a horn on its head, two big dark eyes, and pink lips with two small, sharp fangs.

Gender differences

A female has a smaller horn.

Special abilities

Seaking is a very powerful swimmer, as it is able to swim against a river's current, and even waterfalls. It also uses its powerful horn to bore holes in solid rock, so as to keep its eggs safe.

Behavior

In autumn, its body becomes more fatty in preparing to propose to a mate. In the spawning season, they gather from all over to travel upriver. During this time, the Seaking males can be seen performing their courtship dances to woo Seaking females. The male also uses its powerful horn to bore holes in riverbed boulders, so as to keep the eggs safe, although in other seasons it will make and live in their own nests. Seaking is very protective of its eggs, and will defend its eggs with its life, fighting with its horn. The male and female will take turns patrolling around their nest and eggs, and the guarding of eggs by the Seaking goes on for over a month until the eggs hatch.

Habitat

Seaking are common in bodies of fresh water.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Major Appearances

Ash, Misty, and Professor Oak have owned Seaking in the past, though Ash and Misty released theirs only a short time after capturing it, due to the rules of the competition. It should be noted that Professor Oak's Seaking was invented by the dub.

Juan also owns a Seaking, which was used in a Gym battle against Ash in The Great Eight Fate!. Juan's Seaking was able to block Electric attacks with Horn Drill and send them back at its opponent.

Minor Appearances

Pokédex entries

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article: Seaking (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

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By TM/HM

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By breeding

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Side game data

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Evolution

Unevolved Goldeen  Water

Level 33 →

First evolution Seaking  Water

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

For other sprites and images, please see Seaking images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Seaking's prototype name was "Neptune", named after the god of the sea in Roman mythology.
• Seaking is the subject of a meme on the *chan sites: "F*** YEAH SEAKING." This meme centers around Seaking destroying things.
• Seaking and Goldeen are the only Pokémon that can learn Waterfall through leveling up. This makes it one of few Pokémon released to be able to learn an HM move by level-up.
  • Due to this, it is possible to complete any game without finding HM07.
• Despite being called Seaking, it is found in fresh water, like real life goldfish.
  • In the Pal Park, it is found in the Pond Area.
• Seaking's number in the Sinnoh Pokédex and the Johto Pokédex is the same: 079. This makes it and its evolution family one of only five families of Pokémon (comprising thirteen Pokémon altogether) to have the same numbers in more than one Pokédex-like listing.
• In the anime, Seaking is the only Pokémon that both Ash and Misty have owned.
  • Ironically, both Seaking were caught and released in a single episode.

Origin

It seems to be based on a species of goldfish known as Azuma Nishiki (東錦). The horn part may be based on Matsya, an avatar that the hindu god Vishnu assumed, which is sometimes depicted as a fish with a horn.

Name origin

Seaking's name is simply a combination of sea and king with an added pun in that it sounds similar to "sinking". Its Japanese name may be based on 小豆鱒 azukimasu, rock cod and 魔王 ma-ō, devil king. Interestingly enough, its Japanese name may also be taken to literally mean 東王 azuma-ō, East king. Furthermore, an アズマニシキ azumanishiki is a kind of goldfish. Likely the name is meant to compliment Goldeen's "queenliness" with a combination of the Azuma Nishiki (東錦) goldfish and the Japanese word for king, ou (王).

In other languages

• German: Golking - From Gold and the English word king.
• French: Poissoroy - From poisson (fish). Roy could be a mispelling of roi (king).
• Korean: 왕콘치 Wangkonchi

External links

Notes

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