Appearance
A blue fish-like Pokémon resembling an anglerfish, with big red eyes in a yellow mask. Its tailfin is yellow and jagged below, and a Y-shaped antenna ends in two orbs.
#171
Lanturn
Light Pokémon
WaterElectric
- Height
- 1.2 m
- Weight
- 22.5 kg
- Generation
- 2
- Region
- Johto
Lanturn is a Water / Electric-type Pokémon, No. 171 in the National Pokédex, introduced in Generation 2 (Johto region).
« This Pokémon flashes a bright light that blinds its prey. This creates an opening for it to deliver an electrical attack. »
Its story
Lifestyle
Bacteria in its orbs make light by absorbing its fluids. It lures prey, blinds them with a flash, then swallows them. It evolves from Chinchou and lives in the ocean depths.
In the anime
Oliver often uses Lanturn to swim underwater. It befriended a baby Lugia nicknamed Silver.
Name origin
Lanturn is based on an anglerfish, especially the footballfish, and looks a bit like a dolphin. Its name blends lantern and turn, as in turning on a light.
Did you know?
- Its flash shows at the surface from over three miles, earning the nickname The Deep-Sea Star.
- With Chinchou, it is the only Electric-type in the Water 2 Egg Group.
- In Emerald, Dianne's Lanturn knows Earthquake, a move it cannot learn.
Found in the Pokédex of:
JohtoHoennKalosAlolaGalarPaldea
In other languages
ランターン랜턴電燈怪