Editing Fish Bone

{{distinguish|[[Honen]], also referred to as Bone Fish, or [[Fish Skeleton]]}}

|image=[[File:FishboneNSMBU.png|200x200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])

|variant_of=[[Cheep Cheep]]

|relatives=[[Honebon]]<br>[[Jean de Fillet]]

|comparable=[[Bonefin]]<br>[[Dry Bones]]

Fish Bones are the second skeletal fish enemy introduced in the ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' series and the most recurring ones. They are also one of three enemies to be skeletal Cheep Cheeps specifically, with the other two being [[Honebon]]s and [[Jean de Fillet|Jeans de Fillet]]. Similar but unrelated enemies include [[Honen]]s and [[Bonefin]]s.

====''Super Mario World'' / ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''====

[[File:Fish Bone SMW sprite.png|frame|left]]

[[File:SMWFishbones.png|150px|thumb]]

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, and they sometimes blink. 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.

[[File:Fishy Bone.png|frame|left]]

Fish Bones (referred to as '''Wet Bones''' in the [[Prima Games|Prima]] guide)<ref name=NSMBW>{{cite|author=Bueno, Fernando|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=[[media:NSMBW Prima 15.jpg|15]]|quote=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.|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|date=November 15, 2009|isbn=978-0-307-46592-4}}</ref> 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|Wendy O. Koopa]] in {{world|4|castle}}, various Fish Bones can be seen swimming in a water tank in the background. Fish Bones have a newly introduced attack pattern where if it 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 Fish 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 Fish Bone). However, once they break apart, they will reappear if the player goes far enough offscreen. Fish Bones can be permanently defeated with [[Ice Ball]]s, a thrown object, or a [[Super Star|Star]]. Fish 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 Fish 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.

 

====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====

 

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi 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]]. In ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', they appear in [[Haunted Cargo Hold]] and [[Deepsea Stone-Eyes]].

 

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.

 

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

 

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. If they reach the surface of the water from below, they break apart. If placed in a [[Koopa Clown Car]] or on [[track]]s, they can exist above water. 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.

Fishbones, though never referred to as such, made several small appearances in the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' cartoon.

===''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 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 have a minor appearance in ''[[Mario Party 9]]'' with their ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' design. They appear only 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.

 

Although Fish Bones themselves do not appear in  ''[[Super Mario Party]]'', a Fish Bone makes a cameo appearance as artwork in the minigame [[Absent Minded]], where it is one of the character choices that can be guessed.

 

 

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.

 

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

 

 

 

In ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', several Fish Bones of different sizes can be seen in the walls in the falling boulder section of [[N64 Choco Mountain]]. Fish Bones also appear as obstacles in the returning course 3DS Wario Shipyard and are added in [[GBA Boo Lake]], where interacting with them in any way causes them to collapse and give points.

 

 

Fossilized Fish Bones can be found in ''[[Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit]]'' in the [[Mario Cup]] (added in the version 1.1.0 update), similarly as to how they appear in ''Mario Kart Tour''. They appear on the gates in [[Fossil Fields]].

 

[[File:JungleRapids.png|thumb|left|200px|Fish Bones attack Mario's raft in Jungle Rapids]]

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>

 

 

Fish Bones are referenced in the 1993 [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'' film]], with a neon sign in [[Dinohattan]] showing a lit up outline of a Fish Bone and text reading "Fishbone" under it.

 

 

 

|disposition=Type to hold a grudge

|eng_desc='''''<big>Cheep Cheep as a skeleton!?</big><br>

''A fish that has turned into a skeleton. Is it the ghost of Cheep Cheep (p. 190)? This fish sometimes stops for a moment, rests, and then moves on. It is impossible to defeat it, but it swims straight to the left and right, so just avoid it.''

 

 

 

|JapC=<ref>{{cite|author=Kagawa, Ryo ({{iw|wikibound|Ape|APE/Shigesato Itoi}}), Koichi Toda (100 Percent), Masaki Kuramochi (100 Percent), Shigeo Tanabe, Naomaru Asao, and Ryuji Osawa, editors|title="UNIT 2 CHARACTER" in『[[Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World|任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオワールド]]』|date=1991|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|page=31|isbn=4-09-104117-5}}</ref>

|ChiS2=枯骨鱼 (''Dr. Mario World'')

|Ger2=Skelett-Fisch<ref>{{cite|author=Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1993|page=19}}</ref>

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