Relicanth (Pokémon)

Relicanth ジーランス Glanth

Artwork from R/S/E

Types Species  Water  Rock  Longevity Pokémon Abilities Exp. at 100 Swift Swim or Rock Head 1,250,000 Pokédex National #369 Johto #— Hoenn #179 Sinnoh #— Browser Fiore R— Almia R— Height Weight 3'03" 51.6 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Gray 25 Gender ratio 87.5% male 12.5% female Egg groups Egg cycles Water 1, Water 2 41 (10455 steps*) EV yield HP 1 Atk 0 Def 1 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Exp. 198 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Relicanth (Japanese: ジーランス Glanth) is a dual-type Water/Rock Pokémon.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Relicanth are stocky fish-like Pokémon with features that seem ancient and primitive. It is mostly brown with patches of tan on its body and a tan skull-like head. It has a red spot on each side of its body. Its scales are as craggy as rock. It also possess many pairs of fins which it can use to punt itself along the sea bottom.

Gender differences

Female Relicanth have smaller cheek bones.

Special abilities

Relicanth's tough, rock-like scales allows it to survive intense pressure and most physical attacks. It's one of the few Pokémon capable of learning the move Head Smash.

Behavior

Relicanth feeds on microscopic organisms with its toothless mouth, and walks on the seafloor using its pectoral fins.

Habitat

Sea Pokémon

Relicanth reside deep within the sea abyss. Due to its rock-like scales, it can withstand the immense hydrostatic pressure that can be found at such extreme depths.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Relicanth is a filter feeder.

In the anime

Relicanth in the anime

It was first shown in the episode A Ruin With a View!

A group of Relicanth appeared in The Relicanth Really Can!.

A Relicanth appeared in a flashback in Mutiny in the Bounty! as one of the Pokémon J had stolen.

Several Relicanth appeared in Enter Galactic!.

A Relicanth appeared in Up Close and Personable!.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

In Pokémon Adventures

Sapphire owns a Relicanth. Nicknamed Relo, it was instrumental in the battle against Kyogre and Groudon by unlocking the ruins holding the Legendary Golems.

Pokédex entry

In the TCG

Main article: Relicanth (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Ruby	Sapphire	Green Shard (5%)
Emerald
Diamond	Pearl	DeepSeaScale (5%)
Platinum
HeartGold	SoulSilver	DeepSeaScale (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
	Acquisition: Catch
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 7.9%	Friend Area: Deep-Sea Floor
Phrases
51%-100% HP	The world is awash in change--but not everything changes.
26%-50% HP	Hm? Is my health down by about half, would you say?
1%-25% HP	I've reached the end... Am I truly too far behind the times?
Level Up	I've leveled up! But some things will never change...
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 6.4%	IQ Group: E

Evolution

Does not evolve Relicanth  Water  Rock

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
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back

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

Trivia

• Relicanth is one of the essential two Pokémon to unlock the caves of the Regis; the other is Wailord.
• Relicanth, along with Zigzagoon, are the two Pokémon left out of the Hoenn Pokérap.
• Relicanth shares its types with four of the five original fossil Pokémon, Kabuto, Kabutops, Omanyte, and Omastar, furthering its link to them as a living fossil. It also shares its type with Corsola.
• Relicanth is the only Water-type to learn Head Smash, as well as the only one to not receive recoil damage from it, due to its ability.
  • In fact, its one of three Pokémon that gains STAB and protection from a recoil-damage-giving move. The other two are Clefable with Magic Guard and the Aron family with Rock Head (as of HG/SS).
• Relicanth is one of only three Pokémon with its gender ratio that has been able to be caught from the wild in every generation since its introduction, alongside Munchlax/Snorlax and Combee, and one of only five to ever be catchable in the wild (Eevee and Togepi can be caught in Generation IV).
• Relicanth can be either one of two colors; its regular form is brown, while its shiny form is blue. Its real-life counterpart, the coelacanth, can be either of these colors, as well.

Origin

Relicanth are based on the modern Latimeria Chalumnae, a coelacanth species that was thought to be extinct. They are considered living fossils, because they are virtually unchanged from their prehistoric forms. Like in real life, Relicanth was thought to be extinct 100 million years ago, until it was recently rediscovered in a submarine exploration.

Name Origin

Relicanth's name seems to be a combination of relic, meaning "something old that has survived the passage of time," and coelacanth.

Glanth is based on 爺 jī, old man, and coelacanth.

In other languages

• German: Relicanth
• French: Relicanth
• Korean: 시라칸 Coeracan
• Brazilian Portuguese (anime only): Relicário - From reliquary.

External links

This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species.