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📅 Updated:2026-06-28
🕒 Created:2026-06-28
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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.
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.
