Biwa Rock Catfish
Silurus lithophilus
Fishstrong against mammals, arachnids
Rare
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).
Silurus lithophilus
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Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.
Silurus lithophilus, the rock catfish (in Japanese, イワトコナマズ [iwatoko-namazu]), is a species of catfish that is endemic to the Lake Biwa basin in Japan. It primarily inhabits rocky habitats.
Silurus lithophilus is a predator that feeds on small fishes, crustaceans and insects. It is caught for food around Lake Biwa, but is usually eaten locally in Gifu Prefecture rather than exported. This species reaches a maximum length of 58.0 cm (22.8 in) and maximum weight of 1.5kg (3.3 lbs), although 21.2cm (8.3 in) is more typical.
It is most closely related to the Japanese populations of the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus. A leucistic variation of this species occurs in the wild, and appears to occur with higher frequency than in other catfishes.
Silurus lithophilus spawns in shallow, rocky areas around midnight. It synchronises it's spawning nights with a larger relative, the giant Lake Biwa catfish Silurus biwaensis, but avoids competition for spawning sites with it by spawning away from S. biwaensis, or spawning after S. biwaensis has left the spawning sites. It is thought spawning on the same nights as S. biwaensis reduces predation on S. lithophilus eggs. Unlike most catfishes, the eggs of Silurus lithophilus are non-adhesive.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Silurus lithophilus, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Rare.
Every Rare card has 130 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:
How they’re shared out:
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DEF 54