Relicanth (Pokémon)

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Relicanth (Japanese: ジーランス Glanth) is a dual-type introduced in Generation III.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
==Biology==
Relicanth is a that is heavily based on the . It is covered with hard, brown scales that are similar to craggy rocks. Its tan head has protruding cheekbones, which are smaller on a female. A triangular spike protrudes from the back of its head. Tan patches cover its body and there is a red spot located on both sides. It possesses two pairs of pectoral fins, which it uses to push itself along the sea bottom. Additionally, it has dorsal and pelvic fins near its tail. Its tail fin has a wavy outline. 
The composition of its scales, along with its fatty body and oil-filled s, allow it to withstand the intense pressure of the . Relicanth once had teeth, but they have long since atrophied; as such, Relicanth is a , feeding on microscopic organisms that it sucks up with its toothless mouth. It has remained unchanged for 100 million years and stays as such because it is already a perfect life-form. It was discovered during a deep-sea expedition. Relicanth's name comes from an explorer whose name served as a variation of it.
==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
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Relicanth in the
===Game locations===
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===Held items===
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Relicanth is available in Version 1.3.0+ and .
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====By ====
====By tutoring====
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===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
Multiple Relicanth debuted in A Ruin With a View, where , , and Professor Alden discovered a lake full of them.
In The Relicanth Really Can!, multiple Relicanth led and to treasure.
====Minor appearances====
A Relicanth appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
In Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, multiple Relicanth were present during the final showdown with The Phantom and his crew.
In a flashback in Mutiny in the Bounty!, a Relicanth was one of J's bounties.
In Up Close and Personable!, a Relicanth was living in the lake near the Pokémon Summer Academy.
A Relicanth appeared in the opening sequence of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
In Going for the Gold!, multiple Relicanth were living in the .
A Relicanth appeared in Alola to New Adventure!.
A Relicanth appeared in a fantasy in Yo, Ho, Ho! Go, Popplio!.
In That's Some Spicy Island Research!, a Relicanth played with Ash and ' Pokémon at Seafolk Village.
A Relicanth appeared in Pikachu's Exciting Adventure!.
A Relicanth appeared in Looking Out for Number Two!.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Generations===
In The Cavern, two Relicanth were in the waters that surrounded the Seafloor Cavern.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
 has a Relicanth nicknamed Relly. He was one of the keys to solving the mystery of the Sealed Chamber. While he still belongs to Sapphire, he was not seen in her party during the and is assumed to be at sea with her , Lorry, as of Sapphire's latest appearance. He first appeared in The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon III.
A Relicanth appeared in a fantasy in Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming.
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==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Relicanth's EV yield (1 HP and 1 Defense) is unique.
* Relicanth shares many similarities with Fossil Pokémon, in the sense that it is also part-, has a gender ratio of seven males to one female, and it is referred as an ancient Pokémon in some Pokédex entries.
* Relicanth is the only Rock-type , and the only Rock-type Pokémon in the .
* Relicanth is one of the two Pokémon left out of the Hoenn Pokérap; the other is .
* Relicanth's Ultra Sun Pokédex entry is likely referencing the naming of the real coelacanth - the genus of which is named after , who described the first live coelacanth.
===Origin===
Relicanth appears to be based on the , an of fish that was thought to have gone extinct around 66 million years ago until their rediscovery in 1938. They are considered s because they appear virtually unchanged from their prehistoric relatives; this is reflected in Relicanth's Rock typing (characteristic of actual Fossil Pokémon) and "elderly" appearance. Relicanth matches the in color, but its coloration is like that of the more well-known . The irregular shapes on Relicanth's brown body with big red spot might be inspired by old s.
Relicanth's Pokédex entry in Pokémon Ultra Sun may reference the fact that the coelacanth genus, , is named after , the discoverer of the first modern coelacanth specimen. Relicanth may also take inspiration from , an extinct class of fish with armored heads.
====Name origin====
Relicanth may be a combination of relic (something old that has survived the passage of time), , and .
Glanth may be a combination of 爺 jī (old man) and coelacanth.
==In other languages==
==External links==
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