Huntail (Pokémon)

**Huntail** (Japanese: **ハンテール** *Huntail*) is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Generation III.

It evolves from Clamperl when traded holding a Deep Sea Tooth. It is one of Clamperl's final forms, the other being Gorebyss.

## Biology

Huntail is a light-blue aquatic Pokémon with a serpentine body. Orange, semi-circular fins run the length of its spine, and there are two additional fins on the underside of its lower jaw. A large, fan-like fin projects from the top of its head. Its body and face is dotted with white spots that are bordered by orange rings. There are also orange rings surrounding its eyes, and it has a large mouth filled with sharp teeth. The tip of its tail is shaped similarly to a fish with a single dorsal and pectoral fin and glowing eyespots. It uses this fish-like tail to attract prey, and then uses its mouth to grab and swallow the prey whole. It swims by wiggling its body, and its eyes can see even in darkness. Its sturdy spine allows it to survive high pressure deep under the sea.

## In the anime

### In the main series

#### Major appearances

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

#### Minor appearances

Huntail made a cameo appearance in *The Relicanth Really Can*.

A Huntail appeared in the opening of *Lucario and the Mystery of Mew*.

Multiple Huntail also appeared in *Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea*.

A Huntail appeared in *Up Close and Personable!*

Multiple Huntail appeared in one of the aquarium tanks in *Going for the Gold!*.

#### Pokédex entries

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### In Pokémon Generations

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Two wild Huntail appeared in the waters that surrounded the Mossdeep Space Center in *The Cavern*.

## In the manga

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### In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Huntail has appeared in aquariums belonging to Mr. Briney and Team Aqua in *Stick This in Your Craw, Crawdaunt I*.

It also made a cameo appearance as a Pokémon that Sapphire swam on while she trained herself to be part of the wild in *Rayquaza Redemption II*.

## Game data

### Game locations

#### In side games

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### Learnset

#### By tutoring

 * A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Huntail can be tutored the move in that game
* A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Huntail cannot be tutored the move in that game
* **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Huntail
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Huntail
* Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

#### By a prior evolution

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### Side game data

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### Sprites

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## Trivia

* Despite being a pure Water-type Pokémon, it bears a Dark-type Poké Assist in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia.

### Origin

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

#### Name origin

Huntail may be a combination of *hunt* or 斑点 *hanten* (speck or fleck) and *tail*.

## External links

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