Barboach (Pokémon)


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Barboach (Japanese: ドジョッチ Dojoach) is a dual-type  introduced in Generation III.

It evolves into starting at level 30.

Biology
Barboach is a small, serpentine Pokémon that resembles a. The main body is a soft gray with a jagged black line running its length. Its eyes are very small, and it has a round, blue nose. It has several blue barbels that are used as a superb radar in murky water, and can be used for taste as well. These whiskers are left exposed when it hides in the mud to wait for prey. There are two rounded, blue pectoral fins and a single dorsal fin, all of which have black spots. Its tail fin is also rounded and blue, but possesses no spots. A slimy film covers its body, which protects Barboach from bacteria and allows it to easily escape from predators. Barboach remains in its environment to prevent itself from drying out and becoming weak.

Major appearances
Barboach was going to be featured in an episode that would air between Solid as a Solrock and Vanity Affair. However, the episode ultimately never aired anywhere in the world due to that occurred in  sometime before its scheduled airdate.

Barboach officially debuted in The Great Eight Fate!, under the ownership of Juan. It was one of his Pokémon used in the Sootopolis City Water Exhibit. It and Juan's other Pokémon were captured by, but they all worked together to escape. It reappeared in a flashback in the next episode.

Minor appearances
Multiple Barboach appeared in On Olden Pond as residents of an old lake.

Multiple Barboach were owned by Lizabeth and her family in Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea.

A Barboach appeared in Strategy Begins at Home! while Team Rocket was fishing in a lake for.

A Barboach appeared in The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Two Barboach appeared in aquariums belonging to Mr. Briney and Team Aqua, both appearing in Stick This in Your Craw, Crawdaunt I.

A Barboach appeared in Mind-Boggling with Medicham.

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In side games

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Trivia

 * Barboach and are the only dual-type  Pokémon who are not in the  Egg Group.

Origin
Barboach seems to be based on the found in East Asia. Sharing many characteristics with the genus such as; burying themselves to hide from view, using their whiskers to detect their surroundings, secretion of a slimy substance and the ability to encase themselves in mud. Considering its evolution, it may also be based on, a family of catfish similar to loaches.

Name origin
Barboach is a combination of barb (referring to the barbs around its mouth) or barbel and .

Dojoach is a combination of 泥鰌 dojō (loach) and loach.