Coral the Betta

Coral the Betta is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog and its spin-off comic series published by Archie Comics. In the Post-Super Genesis Wave timeline, she is a Mobian Betta and the priestess of the Eusebes Shrine.

Shattered World Crisis
In the aftermath of the Shattered World Crisis, Coral was performing her duties by giving rites to Aquarius at the Eusebes Temple when she is alarmed by a mysterious spirit informing her that she would soon meet some great heroes needing her help to save the world.

Waves of Change
When Coral was aiding the reincarnation of Aquarius with the Mystic Melody, she was contacted by the Knothole Freedom Fighters–Sonic the Hedgehog, Amy Rose, and Rotor the Walrus–from the surface. Realized they were the heroes the spirit spoke off, Coral send Razor the Shark to escort them to her. When she finished the start of Aquarius' rebirth, Coral welcomed the Freedom Fighters where she introduced herself. However, when the Freedom Fighters revealed they had not been send by the spirits to help them as she thought, Coral left before she could panic. Shortly after, Coral went to watch over Aquarius' cocoon where she bonded with Amy over her doubts about her role as a priestess.

The next morning, Coral freaked out when she discovered Aquarius had not yet been reborn. Though Sonic tried to calm her, Razor took this as an attack. No sooner, they were ambushed by Captain Striker the Mantis Shrimp and the City Guard, asking why the Freedom Fighters were trespassing on sacred ground.

Appearance
Coral is a humanoid betta fish with orange skin/scales. She has a long thin tail fin and no toes on her feet. Additionally, she has shoulder-length fins growing from her head, giving the appearance of hair, and two smaller additional fins glowing on her forearms. Coral has purple eyes with black ires and a white muzzle with no nose and two smaller white orbs on her forehead. She wears a mint green dress with a purple sash and a mint green turban which appears to have four white corals ornaments, hence her name, with purple stripes on them.

Personality
Coral is very sensitive and doubtful about her skills, always questioning what she is doing wrong and having little faith in herself. When things do not go as planned, Coral begins to shutter and panic, which makes her rely on Razor in such emergencies. She also has limited knowledge about land cultures, not knowing Chao lived on dry land too.

Powers and Abilities
Coral is capable of playing the Mystic Melody. With it, Coral can aid the reincarnation of Chao, activate magic rings to power Meropis, sustain the watery shield that protects the citizens from harm and supposedly communicate with ancient spirits. According to Amy Rose, Coral plays it in a "lovely" way. However, it is required that Coral maintains concentration when performing the Mystic Melody or it will falter.

Trivia

 * Coral's species, the betta fish, is mistakenly misspelled as "beta" in Sonic the Hedgehog #259. It was later corrected to Betta in the following issue.