Appearance
A small dragon-fish with a white throat sac like rice, large eyes, and long fins. One form is curled and orange, one droops and is magenta, one is straight and yellow.
#978
Tatsugiri
Mimicry Pokémon
DragonWater
- Height
- 0.3 m
- Weight
- 8 kg
- Generation
- 9
- Region
- Paldea
Tatsugiri is a Dragon / Water-type Pokémon, No. 978 in the National Pokédex, introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea region).
« Tatsugiri is an extremely cunning Pokémon. It feigns weakness to lure in prey, then orders its partner to attack. »
Its story
Lifestyle
Cunning but weak, it plays dead, then orders Dondozo to attack, and often lives in Dondozo's mouth. All three forms can Mega Evolve.
In the anime
All three forms first appear after joining the Rising Volt Tacklers.
Name origin
Based on hand-pressed nigiri: shrimp, tuna, and egg or herring roe. Tatsugiri may come from tatsuki, “dragon,” and donigiri.
Did you know?
- Only Tatsugiri can have the Ability Commander.
- In Pokémon GO, each form lives in a different region of the world.
- Mega Tatsugiri makes copies of itself and an endless supply of exploding roe.
Found in the Pokédex of:
KalosPaldea
In other languages
Nigirigon
Nigiragi
シャリタツ싸리용米立龍