Goldeen is a white, fish-like Pokémon with orange markings on its tail, back, and fins. It has a thin dorsal fin and long pectoral fins. Goldeen's caudal fin is admired by many for its beauty as it billows very much like a ballroom dress. It has a large horn on its forehead; males have larger horns than females.
Its dorsal and pectoral fins are quite strong, allowing it to maintain a steady speed of five knots while swimming upstream. It has a wild temperament: a Goldeen in an aquarium will use its powerful horn to smash its way to freedom, and humans swimming near it must exercise caution lest Goldeen ram 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.
When released from a Poké Ball, Goldeen will use Splash, having no effect on the battle.
Goldeen is also a Pokéfloat. It will appear from the bottom of the screen but quickly drop down to the bottom again, K.O.ing any character it hits.
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These Water-types are often referred to as "water dancers," as their elegant fins make them incredible agile underwater. They can even travel upstream in rapids at a speed of five knots; of course, they're not quite as nimble on dry land. Goldeen's Horn Drill is so strong that it can KO an enemy with one strike if it connects.
Goldeen will sometimes be found in a Poké Ball and will use Splash when released. It still does nothing to affect the battle. On the official blog, Masahiro Sakurai commented that Goldeen appearing at the most critical of times is in keeping with Murphy's Law. [1]
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"A Goldfish Pokémon. In contrast to its elegant appearance, it has a wild temperament, and its attack with its horn is severe. Among the techniques it can master, Horn Drill is especially reliable. It evolves into Seaking, but if raised without evolving, it can learn the powerful Bug-typeMegahorn. There are male and female Goldeen--the male's horn is longer."
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Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
Goldeen is a very beautiful Pokémon with fins that billow elegantly in water. However, don't let your guard down around this Pokémon - it could ram you powerfully with its horn.
Goldeen loves swimming wild and free in rivers and ponds. If one of these Pokémon is placed in an aquarium, it will shatter even the thickest glass with one ram of its horn and make its escape.
Goldeen and Seaking are the only two Pokémon that can learn Waterfall through level-up.
This also makes them the only Pokémon to learn Waterfall in Generation I, before the move was an HM.
Goldeen shares a fairly similar in-game cry to Caterpie, being only .07 seconds longer.
Even though Goldeen uses Splash in all three Super Smash Bros. games, it has no way of learning the move in any Pokémon game.
Origin
Goldeen is based on a goldfish. 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
Goldeen may be a combination of goldfish and queen.
Tosakinto is derived from とさきん tosakin, a kind of goldfish.