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Alomomola is a pink fish Pokémon with darker pink markings on its body and fins. Its main body is heart-shaped. It has large, hand-like dorsal and ventral fins, each divided into four sections and tipped with a paler pink. It seems to lack a proper tail fin. Its eyes are round with a mark that appears to be an eyelash extending up and back toward the rest of the body. Below the eyes are small dark pink marks.
Gender differences
Special abilities
Alomomola is capable of healing Pokémon using their special membrane.
Behavior
If Alomomola finds an injured Pokémon floating at sea, Alomomola will heal the Pokémon's wounds and carry it back to shore.
Habitat
Diet
In the anime
Alomomola in the anime
Major appearances
Minor appearances
An Alomomola makes an appearance in In The Shadow of Zekrom!, as a wild Pokémon. It was the first Pokémon in the Unova region that Ash saw.
Alomomola appears to be a combination of an ocean sunfish and a heart. Due to its hand-like fins and heart shaped body, it may have been inspired by the Claddagh ring. Its ability to heal other Pokémon may be inspired by the doctor fish.
Name origin
Alomomola comes from Mola mola, the scientific name for the ocean sunfish, and "mom", referencing its status as the Caring Pokémon. In addition, the name may also come from the Hawaiianaloha, meaning "love" or "affection"; this is evidenced with Alomomola's heart-like shape and the ocean sunfish's preference to tropical areas, such as Hawaii. The name Alomomola is also a palindrome. Mamanbou could be derived from 翻車魚 manbō, the Japanese word for the ocean sunfish, and "Mama".
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.