Christmas rockskipper

Praealticus natalis

Fishstrong against mammals, arachnids

Rare

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).

Praealticus natalis

Photo: Fernando Pérez Peralta (original photo) · CC0 (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

Praealticus natalis, the Christmas rockskipper, Natal blenny or the Natal rockskipper, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs around Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean. This species grows to a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Praealticus natalis, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Rare.

Observations: 4 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 5.1 g

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from130 points, the Rare budget

Every Rare card has 130 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 35
ATK 40
DEF 55

How they’re shared out:

Type: Fish: HP 33, ATK 30 and DEF 37 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 4 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.