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For the enemy internally known as Fish, see Skultera.

Fish^[1] are recurring creatures found in water areas in the Metroid series. The most common unnamed species of fish is present on Tallon IV in Metroid Prime, and are only named as such in the design notes for Phendrana Shorelines, which identifies the creatures seen in the waters.

Fish cannot be scanned, but do emit heat signatures when the Thermal Visor is used. They travel in small schools, are present in most locations where there is water, and scatter when shot at. They are kept in tanks in Save Station Mines A and Save Station Mines B in the Phazon Mines for unknown reasons. It is possible that they are being kept as experiments or pets by the Space Pirates.

Tallon IV locations

• Phendrana Shorelines
• Phendrana's Edge
• Reflecting Pool
• Frozen Pike
• Save Station Mines A
• Save Station Mines B
• Connection Elevator to Deck Beta (post-crash)
• Deck Beta Conduit Hall (post-crash)
• Deck Beta Security Hall (post-crash)
• Main Ventilation Shaft Section A (post-crash)
• Main Ventilation Shaft Section C (post-crash)

Variations

• Skultera is a species of aggressive fish native to Zebes, and are present on the BOTTLE SHIP and Biologic Space Laboratories research station as well. In the internal data of Super Metroid, they are referred to simply as fish.
• While unrelated to fish, the Protozoans in the Impact Crater in Metroid Prime behave exactly like the fish seen elsewhere on Tallon IV.
• The Chomper Fish also appear in Metroid Prime, though they are larger than others in size and are only seen inactive (either dead or frozen). One such fish exists on a small stand in Research Lab Hydra, with a Space Pirate standing next to it when Samus Aran arrives for the first time.
• An almost identical species of fish appears in the Torvus Bog in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. They behave much like Tallon IV's fish, but are grey and more angular in shape.
• The Scarp in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption resembles a fish, though it appears to have been heavily experimented on.
• Metroid: Other M also features an unidentified species of fish that travels in a massive school under the floor of the room where Samus first encounters a Gigafraug in Sector 2 / Cryosphere. These fish resemble swordfish and are unaffected by the Wave Beam.
• The strangely named Rock Icicle from SR388 resembles a fish, but does not inhabit aquatic areas and instead drops down from cave ceilings in an attempt to hit Samus.
  • The Moheek from the same planet resembles a fish-out-of-water with damaging tendrils growing out of its head.
• Metroid: Samus Returns features small blue anglerfish in the lakes and pools of Area 5 on SR388. They are one of several background creatures in the game that cannot interact with, harm, or be harmed by Samus. They are internally referred to as Bug05, with their animation filename being animfish01.
• Metroid Dread features three varieties of fish, all appearing in Burenia. The first is a multicolored variant, whose model's name is fish01 or fish_b, the second is a smaller tadpole-like variant with a model name of fishes, and the third is a long fish with yellow eyes and stripes along its body, named siluro or siluro01 by its model. Fish01/Fish_B appears throughout Burenia, swimming in the background, fishes appear in shallow pools of water, fleeing when they spot Samus or any other creatures, and the Siluro only appears at the bottom of the area, swimming in circles low to the sand floor. It shares its name with the Spanish term for a Wels catfish.^[2]

Gallery

Tower of Light.

Red-colored fish in Prime.

Luminescent fish in the crashed Frigate Orpheon

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

Fish under Gigafraug's right foot in Metroid: Other M

A clearer view of the Other M fish

An unused hagfish-like specimen in the code of Other M with the file name "base_slug_fish".

Bug05 in Metroid: Samus Returns.

Fish01 in Metroid Dread, seen directly above Samus's head.

Fishes in Dread, seen below and to the right of the Batalloon.

Siluro in Dread, to the left of Samus.

Metroid Prime Remastered

Red fish in Remastered

References