Lake Eacham Rainbowfish

Melanotaenia eachamensis

Fishstrong against mammals, arachnids

Epic

School

While active with another fish in play, a fish on your bench absorbs up to 9 of the damage this card takes, without being knocked out (18 with two others).

Melanotaenia eachamensis

Photo: © Martin F. Gomon (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Mammals
Arachnids

Weak against

Birds
Insects

Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.

The species

The Lake Eacham rainbowfish (Melanotaenia eachamensis) is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Melanotaeniidae. It was once believed to be endemic to Yidyam (Lake Eacham), Queensland, Australia, but has since been proven to have a wider range.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Lake Eacham rainbowfish, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Endangered on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Epic.

Observations: 3 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 2.7 g

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from145 points, the Epic budget

Every Epic card has 145 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 41
ATK 41
DEF 63

How they’re shared out:

Type: Fish: HP 33, ATK 30 and DEF 37 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 3 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.