Huntail (Pokémon)

Huntail ハンテール Huntail
Artwork from R/S/E
Type	Water
Species	Deep Sea Pokémon
National Dex	#367
Johto Dex	#—
Hoenn Dex	#177
Sinnoh Dex	#—
Fiore Browser	R—
Almia Browser	R-232
Height	5′07″ (1.7m)
Weight	59.5 lbs. (27.0kg)
Ability	Swift Swim
Egg group	Water 1
Time to hatch	5,120 steps
Effort yield	1 Atk, 1 Def
Exp. yield	178 base exp.
Lv. 100 at	600,000 exp.
Gender	50% ♀/50% ♂
Pokédex color	Blue
Catch rate	60
Footprint
Body style
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Huntail (Japanese: ハンテール Huntail) is a Water-type Pokémon.

It evolves from Clamperl by trade with a DeepSeaTooth.

Biology

Physiology

Huntail is a light-blue aquatic Pokémon with a serpentine body. It has orange semi-circles running down the length of its back. The tip of Huntail's tail has a slight resemblance to a fish. Huntail's body is dotted with white spots that are bordered by orange rings. It has a large mouth filled with sharp teeth. Huntail has an orange crest on its head.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Huntail normally attacks with its powerful jaws. Huntail has a strong and sturdy spine which helps it to survive the high levels of water pressure of the depth of the sea where it lives. It also has powerful eyesight.

Like most fully evolved Pokémon, Huntail can learn Hyper Beam and Giga Impact.

Behavior

Huntail are violent by nature. They use the lure on their tail to attract smaller fish, then attack with their long teeth and swallow the prey whole.

Habitat

Sea Pokémon

Huntail live at the bottom of the oceans, where their eyes can see in the darkness. Because of this they are very rare and hard to find.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Huntail eat fish, luring them with their tail which looks like a fish.

In the anime

Huntail with Gorebyss in the anime.

Huntail first appeared in The Evolutionary War. In that particular episode a person has to be on Island B to evolve Clamperl into a Huntail.

It also made a cameo appearance in The Relicanth Really Can.

A Huntail appeared in DP089.

In the TCG

Main article: Huntail (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Huntail is capable of learning the following moves (from its evolution onwards):
NOTE: Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
	Acquisition: Evolve
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: Evolve	Friend Area: Deep-Sea Floor
Phrases
51%-100% HP	I like the bottom of the sea where it's dark and relaxing.
26%-50% HP	Darn... Only half my HP's still left.
1%-25% HP	My time's up... Even my taillight's fading...
Level Up	I leveled up! I wish it were darker, though...
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: -12%	IQ Group: F
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:  Water	Poké Assist:  Dark	Field Move: Crush x3
"It attacks by letting loose dark pulses and biting."

Evolution

	Unevolved	→ Trade holding DeepSeaTooth	First evolution
	Clamperl  Water		Huntail  Water

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
				Image:Spr 3f 367.png
	Image:Spr 3r 367 s.png		Image:Spr 3e 367 s.gif	Image:Spr 3f 367 s.png		Image:Spr b g3 367 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
			Image:Spr 4p 367.png
			Image:Spr 4p 367 s.png

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

Trivia

• Although it seems like Huntail would be the male counterpart of Gorebyss, it's actually capable of being male or female.
• Huntail bears a slight resemblance to Coronet's Aquatic Reform evolution [1].
• Huntail's tail seems to have a resemblance to Gorebyss's head.

Origin

It appears to have been based on the gulper eel or viperfish. However, it most closely resembles the rarely seen oarfish, mainly because of its orange-colored crest and fins.

Name origin

Huntail's name seems to be a combination of hunt or 斑点 hanten, speck or fleck, and tail.

In other languages

• German: Aalabyss
• French: Serpang - From serpent and anguille.
• Korean: 헌테일 Huntail

External links

Article on Wikipedia

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