Anglerfish
A deep-sea fish with a rounded body. Its name refers to its use of the luminescent lure on its head to attract prey.
— Fish-o-pedia description, Sonic Frontiers [1]
The anglerfish [2] (チョウチンアンコウ[3] [4] , chōchin'ankō ? , lit. "footballfish") , also known as the ankō (アンコウ[3] , ankō ? ) is an animal that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series . It is a large fish that can be caught during fishing.
Description [ ]
Based off of the real-life fish of same name , it is a large, dullish blue, rounded fish with a small lure on its head. In Sonic Adventure , its lure is much larger and splits into two at the tip, with a greener look to its body.
Game appearances [ ]
Sonic Adventure [ ]
In Sonic Adventure and its enhanced port Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut , the fish species is referred to as Anglerfish (チョウチンアンコウ[3] , Chōchin'ankō ? , lit. "Footballfish") with the additional nickname Ankō (アンコウ[3] , Ankō ? ) according to Sonic Adventure: Navigation Guide book. It is one of the rarer fish in the game, as it can only be found in Hot Shelter during Big the Cat 's fishing gameplay. catching one will grant 600 to 1,600 points to the player's score.
Sonic Frontiers [ ]
In Sonic Frontiers , the anglerfish is one of collectable fishes to be earned in Fishing Spot minigame hosted by Big the Cat . Depending on where it is located, it will reward the player a varying amount of Treasure Tokens : it is worth three tokens in Western Fishing Spot and is worth twelve tokens in Eastern Fishing Spot .[2] [5]
Gallery [ ]
Artwork [ ]
Screenshots [ ]
See also [ ]
References [ ]
Main article · Scripts (
Sonic ,
Tails ,
Knuckles ,
Amy ,
Big ,
Gamma ,
Super Sonic )
· Story Screens (
Sonic ,
Tails ,
Knuckles ,
Amy ,
Big ,
Gamma )
· Credits · Glitches · Beta elements · Gallery · Pre-releases (
Limited Edition ,
DX Demo Version )
· Re-releases (
DX ,
2010 )
Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Tails · Knuckles · Amy · Big · Gamma · Metal Sonic **^
Non-playable characters
Eggman · Beta (Mark II ) · Birdie · Chao (Dark Chao **, Hero Chao **) · Chaos (Chaos 0 , Chaos 1 , Chaos 2 , Chaos 4 , Chaos 6 , Perfect Chaos ) · Cream ** · Delta · Epsilon · Froggy · Grandma · Knuckles Clan (Pachacamac , Tikal ) · Mecha Sonic Mark III · Mr. Know-It-All · Nights · Station Square Police Department · ZERO · Zeta · Animals (Deer , Elephant , Gorilla , Kangaroo , Koala , Lion , Mole , Parrot , Peacock , Penguin , Rabbit , Robin , Seal , Sea Otter , Skunk )
Adventure Fields
Egg Carrier · Mystic Ruins · Station Square
Action Stages
Emerald Coast · Windy Valley · Casinopolis · Icecap · Twinkle Park · Speed Highway · Red Mountain · Sky Deck · Hot Shelter · Lost World · Final Egg
Sub Games
Sky Chase · Sand Hill · Hedgehog Hammer · Twinkle Circuit · Boss
Enemies
Beat · Bladed Spinner · Boa-Boa · Buyoon · Cart Kiki · Cop Speeder · Egg Keeper · Electro Spinner · Fighter Aircraft A · Fighter Aircraft B · Gola · Ice Ball · Icecap's unnamed aircraft · Kiki · Leon · Pirate · Rhinotank · Sky Deck's unnamed jet fighter · Spark Unit · Spiky Spinner · Sweeper
Bosses
Chaos 0 · Chaos 2 · Chaos 4 · Chaos 6 · Beta (Mark II ) Gamma · Delta · Epsilon · Zeta · Egg Carrier · Egg Hornet · Egg Viper · Egg Walker · Knuckles · Perfect Chaos · Sonic · ZERO
Moves/ techniques
Playable characters
Bolt of lightning · Climb · Dig · Flight Mode · Glide · Hammer Attack · Hammer Jump · Hover · Homing Attack · Homing Missile Launch · Jump Attack · Laser Gun · Light Speed Attack · Light Speed Dash · Lure Attack · Maximum Heat Knuckles Attack · Pick · Propeller Flight · Punch Attack · Rapid Tails Attack · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Spin Hammer Attack · Spin Jump · Tails Attack
Non-playable characters
Arm Punch · Bomb Attack · Bomb Gun Attack · Charge · Double Punch · Earthquake Attack · Electric Arm · Energy Ball Attack · Flame Thrower Attack · Guiding Missiles · Instantaneous Liquefaction · Laser Beam Attack · Homing Tail Slice · Inhale Attack · Marble Attack · Phantom Shadow Move · Punch · Quarter Attack · Scorpion Attack · Shockwave Attack (Chaos 6 ) · Sonic Boom · Spin Attack · Spinning Spike Attack · Spouting Attack · Squash Roll Attack · Swing Punch
Gimmicks and obstacles
Bumper · Bumper Car · Cannon · Capsule · Car · Conveyor Belt · Crank · Dash panel · Dash Ring · Drum Can · Explosion Trap · Fan · Flame dart · Flipper · Fountain · Giant Ring * · Goal Balloon · Hanging Bell · Helicopter · Hint Box · Hint Orb · Icicle · Iron ball · Jump Panel (plate) · Jump Panel (ramp) · Jump Ramp · Laser field · Lit Panel · Mirror · Monkey Detonation Switch · Orca · Point Marker · Power cube · Rocket · Satellite · Sling Shot · Slot machine · Spiked bar · Spring · Spring Catapult · Switch · Teleporter · Wide spring · Wind Path · Zip Line
Items
General
Air bubble · Cart pass · Chao Egg · Chaos Emerald · Doll · Emblem · Emerald Shard · Employee ID Card · Fish (Akatai , Ankō , Burabasu , Hammer , Ishitai , Marlin , Mechanical fish , Piranin , Ryūgū , Salmon , Shākun , Shibasu , Shīran , Unadon , Utsubon ) · Item Box (5 Rings , 10 Rings , Extra Life , High-Speed Shoes , Invincible , Magnetic Shield , Random Rings , Shield , Smart Bomb ) · Key Stone (Gold statue , Ice Stone , Silver statue , Wind Stone ) · Ring · Sandboard · Snowboard · Sonic Token
Level Up Items
Ancient Light · Crystal Ring · Fighting Gloves · Jet Anklet · Jet Booster · Laser Blaster · Life Belt · Light Speed Shoes · Long Hammer · Lure · Power Rod · Rhythm Badge · Shovel Claw · Warrior Feather
Voice actors
English
Ryan Drummond (Sonic ) · Corey Bringas (Tails ) · Michael McGaharn (Knuckles ) · Deem Bristow (Eggman ) · Jennifer Douillard (Amy ) · Jon St. John (Big ) · Elara Distler (Tikal , Station Square train announcer, default menu voice) · Steve Broadie (Gamma , Pachacamac , Mystic Ruins train announcer) · Tomoko Sasaki (Chao )
Japanese
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) · Kazuki Hayashi (Tails ) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles , Mystic Ruins train announcer) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) · Taeko Kawata (Amy ) · Shun Yashiro (Big ) · Kaori Asoh (Tikal ) · Jōji Nakata (Gamma ) · Tōru Ōkawa (Pachacamac ) · Kaho Kōda (Station Square train announcer) · Elara Distler (default menu voice) · Tomoko Sasaki (Chao )
Music
Songs
"Open Your Heart " · "It Doesn't Matter " · "Believe In Myself " · "Unknown from M.E. " · "My Sweet Passion " · "Lazy Days (Livin' in Paradise) " · "Theme of "E-102γ" "
Albums
Passion & Pride: Anthems with Attitude from the Sonic Adventure Era · Sonic Adventure: Songs With Attitude Vocal Mini-Album · SONIC ADVENTURE OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK VINYL EDITION · Sonic Adventure Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition · Sonic Adventure Original Sound Track (Digi-Log Conversation) · Sonic Adventure Remix
Strategy guides
Sonic Adventure DX Complete Guide · Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut: Prima's Official Strategy Guide · Sonic Adventure: Navigation Guide · Sonic Adventure: Official Strategy Guide · Sonic Adventure Perfect Guide · Sonic Adventure: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Other
777 Slots Pinball · Altar of Emerald · Angel Island · Auto Running · Black Market · Card & Pinball · Chao Adventure * · Chao Garden (Station Square Garden , Mystic Ruins Garden , Egg Carrier Island ) · Chao Race · Chao Stadium · Chao in Space · Chao Machine · Chao Search * · Corkscrew · Debug Mode · E-100 Series · Egg Mobile · Egg Carrier · Egg Carrier 2 · Eggmanland · Emerald Radar · Freeze · Game Over · Life · Life gauge · Loop · Master Emerald · Mission Mode **^ · Mystic Ruins · Shrine of Knuckles's race · Sonic Adventure (LCD) · Station Square · Tails' Lab · Tornado · Tornado 2 · Transporter Machine · Water
Playable characters
Amy * · Knuckles * · Tails * · Sonic (Super Sonic (Super Sonic 2 * (Super Sonic Cyber *)))
Non-playable characters
Ancients (Crane , Dragon , Elder , Master King *, Snake , Tiger ) · Animals * · Big · Eggman · The End · Koco (Elder Koco , Hermit Koco , Impact Form *, Koco Device *, Lookout Koco *, Map Koco *, Master Koco * (Master King Koco *), New Koco , Skill Piece Koco *) · Sage
Stages
Open Zone areas
Kronos Island · Ares Island · Chaos Island · Rhea Island · Ouranos Island
Cyber Space themes
Green Hill · Chemical Plant · Sky Sanctuary · Eternal Highway
Cyber Space stages
1-1 · 1-2 · 1-3 · 1-4 · 1-5 · 1-6 · 1-7 · 2-1 · 2-2 · 2-3 · 2-4 · 2-5 · 2-6 · 2-7 · 3-1 · 3-2 · 3-3 · 3-4 · 3-5 · 3-6 · 3-7 · 4-1 · 4-2 · 4-3 · 4-4 · 4-5 · 4-6 · 4-7 · 4-8 · 4-9 · 4-A * · 4-B * · 4-C * · 4-D * · 4-E * · 4-F * · 4-G * · 4-H * · 4-I *
Fishing Spots
Western · Northern · Eastern · Southern
Challenges
Kronos Island
M-001 · M-002 · M-003 · M-004 · M-005 · M-006 · M-007 · M-008 · M-009 · M-010 · M-011 · M-012 · M-013 · M-014 · M-015 · M-016 · M-017 · M-018 · M-019 · M-020 · M-021 · M-022 · M-023 · M-024 · M-025
Ares Island
M-026 · M-027 · M-028 · M-029 · M-030 · M-031 · M-032 · M-033 · M-034 · M-035 · M-036 · M-037 · M-038 · M-039 · M-040 · M-041 · M-042 · M-043 · M-044 · M-045 · M-046 · M-047 · M-048 · M-049 · M-050 · M-051 · M-052 · M-053 · M-054
Chaos Island
M-055 · M-056 · M-057 · M-058 · M-059 · M-060 · M-061 · M-062 · M-063 · M-064 · M-065 · M-066 · M-067 · M-068 · M-069 · M-070 · M-071 · M-072 · M-073 · M-074 · M-075 · M-076 · M-077 · M-078
Ouranos Island
M-079 · M-080 · M-081 · M-082 · M-083 · M-084 · M-085 · M-086 · M-087 · M-088 · M-089 · M-090 · M-091 · M-092 · M-093 · M-094 · M-095 · M-096 · M-097 · M-098 · M-099 · M-100 · M-101 · M-102 · M-103 · M-104 · M-105
The Final Horizon *
M-106 · M-107 · M-108 · M-109 · M-110 · M-111 · M-112 · M-113 · M-114 · M-115 · M-116 · M-117 · M-118 · M-119 · M-120 · M-121 · M-122 · M-123 · M-124 · M-125 · M-126 · M-127 · M-128 · M-129 · M-130 · M-131 · M-132
Story quests
The Best Defense · Bridge the Gap · Family Gathering · Koco Roundup · Mechanical Collectible · SOS Backup · Spring is in the Air
Island Mysteries
A Grave Mystery · Drain the water to move on · Hacking Mission (Chaos Island , Ouranos Island #1 , Ouranos Island #2 ) · Harmonic rod · Match the colors · Pinball · Turn the statue to open the gate
Enemies
Open Zone areas
Balloon · Banger · Bubble · Buzz Bomber · * Buzzer · * Capture · Cyclone · Eagle · Hopper · Jellyfish · Moto Bug · Shell · Sniper · Soldier · Spinner * · Thunder Spinner * · Wolf
Cyber Space stages
Buzz Bomber · Buzzer · Chopper · Crabmeat · Eggrobo · Grabber · Moto Bug · Spinner * · Thunder Spinner *
Bosses
Guardians
Asura · Caterpillar · Excavator · Fortress · Ghost · Kunoichi · Master Ninja · Ninja · Red Pillar · Shinobi · Shark · Silver Hammer · Spider · Squid · Strider · Sumo · Tank · Tower
Titans
Giganto · Wyvern · Knight · Supreme
Misc.
The End
Moves/techniques
General
Aerial Boost (Air Boost Cancel Stomp ) · Attack · Boost (Power Boost ) · Cartwheel · Climb · Crouch · Dodge · Double Jump · Drift · Drop Dash · Grab · Grind Step · Grinding · Homing Attack (Homing Attack Cancel Stomp ) · Homing Dash · Jump Stomp · Light Dash · Lock on · Parry (Continuous Parry , Perfect Parry *) · Side Step · Skydiving · Slide · Spin Attack · Spin Jump · Stomp · Wall Jump · Wall Run (Boosted Wall Run )
Skills
Air Trick · Auto Combo · Card Attack * · Card Float * · Card Spin * (Infinte Card Spin *) · Card Spin Boost * · Card Stomp * · Charged Wrench Attack * · Combo Attack * · Cross Slash · Cyblaster * · Cyclone Boost * · Cyclone Cannon * · Cyclone Kick · Cyhammer * · Cyknuckle * · Cyloop · Drill Spin Attack * · Drill Spin Boost * · Fly * · Glide * (Infinite Glide *) · Grand Slam · Heat Stomp * · High Card Jump * · Homing Attack · Homing Shot · Jump (Double Jump ) · Loop Kick · Multi-lock * · Parry (Break Parry *, Debuff Parry *, Poison Parry *) · Phantom Rush · Quick Cyloop · Recovery Smash · Sonic Boom · Spike Stomp * · Spin Dash · Spin Slash · Stomp Attack · Wall Climb * · Wild Rush · Wrench Attack *
Misc.
Dark Shot · Homing laser · Light Shot
Gimmicks and obstacles
Accelerator Gun · Ancient gate · Ancient light panel · Balloon · Bee · Black wall · Blue blob · Bomb · Bomb Block * · Box · Bumper · Cannon · Car · Cloud · Chaos Engine · Dash Panel · Dash Ring · Dash Rail · Drift Dash Panel · Egg Spring · Energy bullet · Fan · Flipper · Four-way Cannon · Grind Rail · Hang Glider · Harmonic rod · High-speed warp tube · Hint Ring · Horizontal Bar · Hourglass · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Laser field · Mirror · Movable box · Pole Elevator · Portal Gate · Propeller Spring · Pulley · Rainbow Ring · Red wall * · Ring Gate · Ring Shooter · Skateboard · Spikes · Spring · Spring Pole · Star Post · Statue · Sling Shot · Switch · Target sphere · Trick Jump Panel · Wall Jump Block · Warp Point · Wide spring · Zip Line
Items
Open Zone items
Chaos Emerald · Container (Steel , Wooden , Unbreakable ) · Gold Card (3 Gold Cards ) · Koco capsule · Machine part · Memory Token · Number Ring * · Portal Gear · Purple Coin · Red Star Ring · Ring · Seeds (Blue Seed of Defense , Red Seed of Power ) · Silver Moon Ring * · Skill Piece · Sound Memory · Star piece · Super Ring · Treasure Token · Vault Key
Fishing Spot items
Acorn (Silver acorn ) · Alligator · Ancient tablet · Anglerfish (Flashy anglerfish ) · Barracuda · Clownfish · Black bass · Carp · Crab · Chopper · Clownfish · Coelacanth (Golden coelacanth ), Crayfish , Flying fish , Goldfish (Platinum-golden fish ) · Egg Memo · Giant isopod (Red giant isopod ) · Goal Plate · Gourami · Flounder · Hammerhead shark (Polka-dot hammerhead shark ) · Item Box · Loach · Marlin · Medaka · Moray eel · Nishiki koi · Oarfish · Octopus (Blue-ringed octopus ) · Poison dart frog (Big rainbow colored frog ) · Pufferfish · Red stingray · Ring · Seeds (Blue Seed of Defense , Red Seed of Power ) · Salmon (King salmon ) · Scrolls (Elder Koco's scroll , Hermit Koco's scroll ) · Seahorse · Seeds (Blue Seed of Defense , Red Seed of Power ) · Snapping turtle · Spring (Red spring , Yellow spring ) · Squid · Starfish (Black starfish ) · Star Post · Stingray · Sunfish (Striped sunfish ) · Tadpole · Tin can (Red can ) · Tire · Treasure box (Golden treasure box ) · Tuna · Twig
Voice actors
English
Roger Craig Smith (Sonic ) · Mike Pollock (Eggman , The End ; male voice) · Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Tails ) · Cindy Robinson (Amy , The End ; female voice) · Dave B. Mitchell (Knuckles ) · Kyle Hebert (Big ) · Ryan Bartley (Sage ) · Airi Ōtsu (Koco )
Japanese
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) · Kotaro Nakamura (Eggman ) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) · Taeko Kawata (Amy ) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) · Takashi Nagasako (Big ) · Megumi Hayashibara (Sage ) · Gara Takashima /Hōchū Ōtsuka (The End ) · Airi Ōtsu (Koco )
Music
Songs
"I'm Here " · "Undefeatable " · "Break Through It All " · "Find Your Flame " · "Dear Father " · "Vandalize " · "I'm With You " · "One Way Dream " · "Database " · "Flowing " · "Déjà vu " · "Escape the Loop " · "Enjoy this World " · "All Reality " · "Ephemeral " · "Arrow of Time " · "No Pain, No Gain " · "Maybe If... "* · "Blood Flow "* · "Another Passage "* · "Dropaholic "
Unlockable songs
"Open Your Heart " · "It Doesn't Matter " · "Live and Learn " · "Escape from the City " · "Sonic Heroes " · "Seven Rings In Hand " · "Let the Speed Mend It " · "Knight of the Wind " · "Fist Bump " · "Moonlight Battlefield " · "Reach for the Stars (Re-Colors) "
Albums
Sonic Frontiers - Main Theme EP · Sonic Frontiers Original Soundtrack Stillness & Motion · Sonic Frontiers: The Music of Starfall Islands · Sonic Frontiers Expansion Soundtrack Paths Revisited
Other
Action Chain Challenge · Ancients' planet · Boost Gauge · Bottomless pit · Chaos Emerald Vault · Chili dog · Combo · Corkscrew · Cyber Cage · Cyber corruption · Cyclone * · D3-COY · Death Egg · Egg Base · Egg Device · Egg Mobile · Fast travel · Fishing Rod · Fortune Cards * · Grind Shoes · Hammerspace · Health Gauge · Hologram Tails * · Infinite Boost · Life · Loop · Mission · Open Zone · Outfit · Oxygen Gauge · Phantom Light · Piko Piko Hammer * · Platform · Portal · Rank · Real-Time Interaction · Rocket Boost * · Skill Point · Skill Tree · Slot machine · Sonic Frontiers: Digital Art Book with Mini Digital Soundtrack · Sonic Frontiers Prologue: Convergence · Sonic Frontiers Prologue: Divergence · Starfall · Starfall Islands · Time Attack · Trial * · Trial Tower * · Tornado · Totem pole · Tunnel · Unnamed Shellcracker mecha
*Appears in
The Final Horizon exclusively
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