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{{distinguish2|[[Honen]], also referred to as Bone Fish, or [[Fish Skeleton]]}}
{{Species-infobox
|title=Fish Bone
|image=[[File:FishboneNSMBU.png|170px]]<br>Official artwork of a Fish Bone from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Dr. Mario World]]'' (2020)
|parent_species=[[Cheep Cheep]]
|related=[[Sharkbone]]<br>[[Skeletal Fish Guard]]
|relatives=[[Honebōn]]<br>[[Jean de Fillet]]
}}
'''Fish Bones''' (also known as '''Fishbones''' and '''Wet Bones'''<ref name=NSMBW>Bueno, Fernando. ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. [[media:NSMBW Prima 15.jpg|Page 15]]. "''Wet Bones, on the other hand, are dead fish that wait in the dark and only attack, like a torpedo, once Mario is near. Stay out of their way and dodge their attacks.''"</ref>) are skeletal, undead versions of [[Cheep Cheep]]s which first appear in the game ''[[Super Mario World]]''. Despite this, they are often larger than living Cheep Cheeps, and have completely different tail fins. In later games, they take on torpedo-like qualities.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World'' / ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''====
[[File:Fish Bone SMW sprite.png|frame|left]]
[[File:SMWFishbones.png|150px|thumb|right]]
Fishbones are found in the submerged [[Vanilla Fortress]] and the underwater room of [[Bowser's Castle]]. They are the only strictly aquatic dungeon enemies in the game, though terrestrial enemies are also found underwater in these levels. Their behavior is simple, traveling in straight lines across the screen in a jerky, darting motion, usually in small groups. Fishbones can be defeated by [[Cape Mario|Caped Mario]] or Caped Luigi's spin attack, but only in ''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2|Super Mario Advance 2]]'', and are otherwise invincible.
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====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
[[File:Fishy Bone.png|frame|left]]
Wet Bones inhabit some water levels in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''; they appear in {{world-link|4|castle|World 4-Castle (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}} and {{world-link|5|ghosthouse|World 5-Ghost House (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}}. Also, in the battle against [[Wendy O. Koopa]] in {{world|4|castle}}, various Wet Bones can be seen swimming in a water tank in the background.

They now have a new attack pattern: if a Wet Bone detects one of the characters, it will lock on to them (as their eyes turn red) and launch themselves in the direction of the character. If it misses and hits a wall or another Wet Bone, it will crash and break apart in a similar manner to that of [[Dry Bones]] (the sound effect is longer if it hits another Wet Bone). However, once they break apart, they will reappear if the player goes far enough offscreen. Wet Bones can be permanently defeated with [[Ice Ball]]s, a thrown object, or a [[Super Star|Star]]. Wet Bones will stop following a player that jumps out of the water; the player can also dodge them by walking on the floor and ducking once spotted, which turns the Wet Bone's eyes back to normal and stops the chase.

In dark caverns, their eyes light up, although the illuminated area around them is much smaller than that provided by [[Bulber]]s and thus far less useful. In the [[Prima Games]] guide, they are mentioned under Dry Bones in the list of enemies and are presumably renamed as a contrast to them.<ref name=NSMBW/>

====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
[[File:NewFishbone.png||left|frame]]
Fishbones re-appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', where they keep their design and attack pattern from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' and ''Super Mario World''. They only appear in {{world-link|3|towern2|World 3-Tower (New Super Mario Bros. 2)}}, {{world-link|star|3|World Star-3 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)}}, and {{world-link|star|6|World Star-6 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)}}. In this game, Fishbones do side flips when a vocal riff "bah" is heard, similar to [[Cheep Cheep]]s.
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====''New Super Mario Bros. U''====
Fish Bones reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', retaining the same design and attack pattern from their previous appearance. They appear in [[Haunted Shipwreck]] and [[Deepsea Ruins]].

====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS''====
Fish Bones reappear in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]''. When placing a Dry Bones in the Underwater level style and testing the level, Dry Bones turn into Fish Bones. Additionally, new sprites for Fish Bone have been made for the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' styles. Fish Bones use once again their attack pattern from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' in all game styles as well. In the ''Super Mario World'' and ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' styles, Yoshis can eat Fish Bones and spit out bones that fly in straight lines ahead of him. It acts similarly to the fireballs from ''Super Mario World'', but can also defeat many fireproof enemies such as Buzzy Beetles and Chain Chomps.

====''Super Mario Run''====
While Fish Bones do not appear as enemies in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', they can be seen inside the ground in desert levels.

====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Fish Bones reappear in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', and are now completely separate from Dry Bones. Thus, they can now be placed on land. Parachutes can also be attached to them. However, they fall apart whenever they touch the ground. In the nighttime sky and airship themes, Fish Bones are able to swim in the air, and can be defeated with a stomp. They also appear in the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' style despite not appearing in the source game itself.

===[[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]]===
====''Mario Kart 7''====
Fish Bones make their first ''Mario Kart'' appearance in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' and take their design from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. They are found in [[Wario Shipyard]], where they swim in schools or sometimes alone. Any drivers that collide into Fish Bones will be pushed back.

====''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''====
Fish Bones also appear in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' in the underwater section of [[Twisted Mansion]]; unlike in ''Mario Kart 7'', however, the player cannot interact with them.

====''Mario Kart Tour''====
In ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', several Fish Bones of different sizes can be seen in the walls in the falling boulder section of [[Choco Mountain|N64 Choco Mountain]].

===''Super Mario World'' television series===
[[File:Cartoon Fish Bone.PNG|thumb|Yoshi using a Fishbone to cut a log in the ''Super Mario World'' episode "The Wheel Thing".]]
Fishbones, though never referred to as such, made several small appearances in the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' cartoon.

A Fishbone first appeared in the episode "[[The Wheel Thing]]", where one is used by [[Yoshi]] to cut a log into wheels to be used in Mario's car factory. In "[[The Night Before Cave Christmas]]", both Mario and [[Oogtar]] use a Fishbone to cut-down several Christmas trees.

In "[[Rock TV]]" and "[[Mama Luigi]]", two extremely large Fishbones are shown to be decorations in Bowser's throne room.

===''Super Mario Adventures''===
In the ''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' comic, Fishbones, along with several other creatures such as [[Urchin]]s and [[Porcupuffer|Porcu-Puffer]]s, are shown to act as guards/obstacles in the moat surrounding the [[Koopalings]]' tower.

===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
====''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''====
Fishbones make another appearance in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' during the battle with [[Junker]]. When Mario and [[Luigi]] manage to defeat a [[Junker Can]], a Fishbone may attempt to attack the plumbers. It attacks by orbiting around one of the two and eventually ramming them, though it can be stopped by counterattacking with the hammer before it does. They do not reappear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', where their role is taken by [[Scutlet (enemy)|Scutlet]]s instead.

====''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''====
Although no Fish Bones appear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'', there are rock carvings with images of Fish Bones in [[Driftwood Shore]].

===''Mario Party'' series===
====''Mario Party 4''====
In the [[minigame]] [[Mushroom Medic]] in ''[[Mario Party 4]]'', there is a poster in the background with a Cheep Cheep and its Fishbone X-ray. Of note is that the tail fin in the picture is much too large for the accompanying Cheep Cheep's tail fin.

====''Mario Party 9''====
Fish Bones make their [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'']] debut in ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', using their ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' design. Fish Bones only appear during the [[Blooper Beach]] Captain Event; when the player lands on an [[Unlucky Space]] in that section of the board, a group of Fish Bones attacks them and steals five of their ten [[Mini Star]]s.

====''Mario Party 10''====
Fish Bones reappear in ''[[Mario Party 10]]'' in [[Whimsical Waters]]. In Mario Party mode, they are present at [[Unlucky Space]]s and deduct [[Mini Star]]s from players landing on said spaces; in Bowser Party mode, they are found in treasure chests during [[Dragoneel Treasure]] events, and take away half of the current captain's [[Heart (item)|heart]]s if their chest is selected.

====''Super Mario Party''====
In ''[[Super Mario Party]]'', a Fish Bone makes a cameo appearance in the minigame [[Absent Minded]], where it is one of the character choices that can be guessed.

===''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''===
Fish Bones make an appearance in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''. They appear in [[Jungle Rapids]], leaping in the water and attempting to destroy the raft Mario uses to cross through the river. They can be removed using the hammer. They were [[List of Paper Mario: Sticker Star pre-release and unused content|originally]] going to be fought as enemies, but were cut from the game.<ref>https://tcrf.net/Paper_Mario:_Sticker_Star#Enemies_2</ref>

===''Dr. Mario World''===
Fish Bones make their ''[[Dr. Mario (series)|Dr. Mario]]'' series debut in ''[[Dr. Mario World]]'' as assistants, granting a 15% chance for 2 extra capsules, with the chance being higher via duplicates. They also appear on [[World 19 (Dr. Mario World)|World 19]] alongside Dry Bones when an area is cleared of viruses.

===Other appearances===
[[File:AR Games Fishbone.jpg|thumb|A Fish Bone in the Fishing minigame.]]
Fish Bones also appear in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Augmented Reality Games#Fishing|Fishing AR minigame]], where they can be caught after lightning strikes the water.
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Dr. Mario World''===
*'''Stage mode:''' "''Grants 15%/25%/35%/45%/55% chance of extra capsules (2) when all capsules have been used. (Once only.)''"
*'''Versus mode:''' "''Grants 30%/35%/40%/45%/50% chance of defending against four-row attacks.''"

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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=フィッシュボーン
|JapR=Fisshubōn
|JapM=Fish Bone
|FraA=Poissonos
|FraAM=Pun on Poisson (fish) and Os (bone)
|FraE=Ossec
|FraEM=Drybone
|Dut=Fish Bone
|DutM=-
|Ger=Skelettfisch
|GerM=Skeleton Fish
|Por=Espinhosso
|PorM=Pun on ''espinha'' (spine) and ''osso'' (bone). It can also be a pun on ''espinhoso'' (prickly).
|Spa=Pezueso
|SpaM=Pun on ''pez'' (fish) and ''hueso'' (bone). Literally "fishbone".
|Ita=Pesce Lisca
|ItaM="''Pesce''" means "fish" and "''lisca''", "fishbone".
|Kor=피시본
|KorR=Pisibon
|KorM=Fish Bone
|ChiS=鱼骨头<ref>无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). [http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2560204606 神游 超级马力欧世界 敌人官译]. ''Baidu Tieba''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>
|ChiSR=Yú Gǔtou
|ChiSM=Fish Bone
|ChiT=魚骨頭
|ChiTR=Yú Gǔtou
|ChiTM=Fish Bone
|Rus=Рыба-скелет
|RusR=Ryba-skelet
|RusM=Skeleton Fish
}}

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