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Goldeen is a white, fish-like Pokémon with orange markings. It has circular blue eyes with orange lids and prominent pink lips. On its forehead is a large horn, which is larger on a male than on a female. It has a small, wavy {{wp|dorsal fin}} surrounded by an orange patch and long {{wp|fish fin|pectoral fins}} with orange markings at the bases. Goldeen's billowing tail fin is orange around the base and turns white toward the edges. Its tail is admired by many for its beauty and similarity to a ballroom dress.

Goldeen has a wild temperament and will use its horn to smash its way to freedom if kept in an aquarium. It competes with others of its kind to determine which has the strongest, thickest horn. Humans swimming near it must exercise caution lest Goldeen rams them. Goldeen is a very common sight in any body of {{DL|List of Pokémon by habitat|Water's-edge Pokémon|fresh water}}, including ponds, lakes, and rivers. It can be seen swimming upstream in large schools during the breeding season in spring. Its strong fins allow it to maintain a steady speed of five knots while swimming upstream. It is known as the "Water Dancer" due to its elegant movements in the water. In the past, {{m|Waterfall}} was its [[signature move]].

===Major appearances===

====[[Misty's Goldeen]]====

{{an|Misty}}'s Goldeen first appeared in ''[[EP002|Pokémon Emergency!]]''. It wasn't seen very much throughout the series due to it being a water-bound species, flailing when displaced from it.

====Other====

In ''[[EP012|Here Comes the Squirtle Squad]]'', a {{AP|Squirtle}} knocked {{AP|Pikachu}} into a lake, which angered a Goldeen living in it. It proceeded to attack Pikachu with a {{m|Horn Attack}}, which severely injured it.

In ''[[AG110|The Great Eight Fate!]]'', a Goldeen was part of [[Juan]]'s [[Sootopolis City]] Water Exhibit. It and Juan's other Pokémon were captured by {{TRT}}, but they all worked together to escape. Goldeen reappeared in a flashback in [[AG111|the next episode]].

In ''[[JN024|A Little Rocket R & R!]]'', [[Goh]] caught a {{DL|List of Goh's Pokémon|Goldeen}} while fishing at [[Resort Area]]. In [[JN031]], it helped {{pkmn|training|train}} {{OBP|Nami|JN031}}'s {{p|Feebas}} for the [[Water-type Pokémon Friendship Contest]]. It reappeared in [[JN035]].

===Minor appearances===

[[File:Mitsuki Goldeen CBF.png|thumb|140px|Goldeen in [[Pokémon Battle Frontier]]]]

===In the Ash & Pikachu manga===

===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===

===In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga===

===In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga===

 

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* Goldeen and Seaking are the only two Pokémon that can learn {{m|Waterfall}} through [[level]]-up.

** This also makes them the only Pokémon to learn Waterfall in [[Generation I]], before the move was an [[HM]].

* Even though Goldeen uses {{m|Splash}} in all four Super Smash Bros. games, as well as [[Pokémon Quest]], it has no way of learning the move in any Pokémon game.

Goldeen is based on a {{wp|goldfish}}. Its horn may be based on {{wp|Matsya}}, an avatar that the {{wp|Hindu deities|Hindu god}} {{wp|Vishnu}} assumed, which is sometimes depicted as a {{wp|fish}} with a horn.

Goldeen may be a combination of ''goldfish'' and ''queen''.

Tosakinto is derived from とさきん ''tosakin'', a kind of goldfish.

|ja=トサキント ''Tosakinto''|jameaning=From {{wp|Tosakin|{{tt|とさきん ''tosakin''|curly fantail goldfish}}}}

|fr=Poissirène|frmeaning=From ''{{tt|poisson|fish}}'' and ''{{tt|sirène|mermaid}}'', also, ''-rène'' is pronounced the same as ''{{tt|reine|queen}}''

|ko=콘치 ''Konchi''|komeaning=From English word ''cone'' and {{tt|치 ''chi''|Korean suffix to denote fish}}

|zh_yue=獨角金魚 ''Duhkgokgām'yùh''|zh_yuemeaning=Literally "One-horned goldfish"

|zh_cmn=角金魚 / 角金鱼 ''Jiǎojīnyú''|zh_cmnmeaning=Literally "Horned goldfish"

|is=Gullinn{{tt|*|in the sub of Pikachu's Rescue Adventure}}|ismeaning=Literally "Golden"

|th=โทซาคินโตะ ''Tosakinto''|thmeaning=Transcription of Japanese name