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basculin
📅 Updated:2026-06-28
🕒 Created:2014-11-27
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Basculin (Japanese: バスラオ Bassrao) is a Water-type pokémon introduced in Generation V.
Basculin (Japanese: バスラオ Bassrao) is a Water-type pokémon introduced in Generation V.
Basculin has three forms: Red-Striped Form, Blue-Striped Form, and White-Striped Form, the final of which is sometimes considered a Hisuian form. Red-Striped and Blue-Striped Basculin were both introduced in pokémon Black and White, while White-Striped Basculin was introduced in pokémon Legends: Arceus.
Red- and Blue-Striped Basculin are not known to evolve into or from any other pokémon. White-Striped Basculin evolves into Basculegion when leveled up after losing at least 294 HP from recoil damage without fainting.
Red-Striped Basculin is distinguished by a red stripe separating the black and green portions of its body. It has jagged fins resembling tridents and circular, red eyes.
Red-Striped Basculin is so violent that when a school of them appears in a lake, pokémon other than Corphish and Crawdaunt flee, leading it to be referred to as the "Thug of the River". It is sought by anglers for the resistance it puts up on hooks, with many people illegally releasing them into lakes and causing its population to grow more abundant. Red-Striped Basculin is full of vitality and reproduces quickly. Its predators include Bombirdier and Dondozo.
The Blue-Striped Form is distinguished by a blue stripe in the same position. Its fins are smooth and rounded, and it has narrower, blue eyes.
Blue-Striped Basculin is sometimes called the "thug of the lake", but it still becomes prey to stronger organisms despite its fierce reputation. It forms schools with other Basculin of the same color, and its greatest foe is its Red-Striped counterpart. It uses its jaws, which are strong enough to leave bite marks in iron sheets, to devour everything in its way.
In Hisui, White-Striped Basculin has a similar appearance to the other two forms of Basculin. Despite its descriptor, the stripes above its eyes are actually a very pale shade of light blue, as are its irises. Its pectoral fins are smooth like Blue-Striped Basculin, but larger. Its dorsal fins are spiky and it has wide eyes, like Red-Striped Basculin. Its lower jaw is smaller than the jaws of the two other Basculin variants, and both its lower and upper jaws have beak-like protrusions at the front.
In stark contrast to Red-Striped and Blue-Striped Basculin, White-Striped Basculin has a gentle demeanor. Though it is classified as a regional form, its ecology is different enough from other Basculin to spawn recent theories of it being a separate species. White-Striped Basculin form schools in cold seas and share food with each other, and when the time is right, they return to the river in which they were born. However, the journey upstream is often perilous for them, and they sometimes don't live to see another day. As a result, the souls of those who die are often left behind in the waters of Hisui. However, when an injured White-Striped Basculin survives, it can unite with the ghosts of its fallen comrades to evolve into Basculegion. In the present day, it is only known to be found in Kitakami's Timeless Woods along with its evolved form.
