Japanese Bitterling

Acheilognathus melanogaster

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).

Acheilognathus melanogaster

Photo: © Ffish.asia (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

Acheilognathus melanogaster, the genuine bitterling or Japanese bitterling, is a species of brackish, freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Acheilognathus. It is endemic to Japan.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Acheilognathus melanogaster, 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: 15 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 1.4 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 37
DEF 58

How they’re shared out:

Type: Fish: HP 33, ATK 30 and DEF 37 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 15 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.