Fish



Fish are a recurring element in water areas in the Metroid series. The most common species of fish is present in Metroid Prime, and is the only species to be named as such. They are not able to be scanned, but do give off heat signatures when the Thermal Visor is used. They travel in small schools and are present in most locations where there is Water and scatter when shot at. They are kept in tanks in Save Station Mines A and B in the Phazon Mines for unknown reasons. It is possible that they were being kept as experiments or pets by the Space Pirates.

Design notes for Phendrana Shorelines identifies those found in the waters on Tallon IV as fish.

Variations
There is an unknown species of fish in the same game, ULF 23; they are quite larger in size and are only seen inactive (either dead or frozen).

The only unidentified species from SR388 resembles a fish but does not inhabit aquatic areas and drops down in an attempt to hit Samus. Skultera is a species of aggressive fish native to Zebes, and are present on the Bottle Ship and Biologic Space Laboratories research station as well. The Scarp resembles a fish. An almost identical species to that of Prime appears in Torvus Bog in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, sharing multiple similarities with Tallon's fish, including heat signatures. However, they more or less resemble guppies. Metroid: Other M also features an unidentified species of fish that travels in a massive school under the floor of the room where Samus first encounters a Gigafraug. These fish resemble swordfish and are unaffected by the Wave Beam.

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