Editing Spike Eel

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SpikeEelSM3DL.png|200px]]<br>A Spike Eel from ''Super Mario 3D Land''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#2011|2011]])
|variant_of=[[Maw-Ray]]
|related=[[Gringill]]
}}
'''Spike Eels'''<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick|date=November 13, 2011|title=''Super Mario 3D Land'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-89386-4|page=14}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] that appear only in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. They are magenta-colored [[Maw-Ray|Unagi]] with purple spikes on their backs and three big yellow spikes on their head; the yellow spikes slightly resemble hairs. Their tails are also spiked. Each Spike Eel has a big mouth with white lips and a single sharp tooth.
==History==
===''Super Mario 3D Land''===
[[File:3DS SuperMario 6 scrn06 E3.png|thumb|left|A Spike Eel in [[World 7-1 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 7-1]] from ''Super Mario 3D Land'']]
In ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', Spike Eels appear only in underwater tropical [[level]]s, notably in [[World 3-2 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 3-2]], [[World 7-1 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 7-1]], and [[Special 2-2]]. Spike Eels stay in holes and swim in [[Mario]]'s (or [[Luigi]]'s) way, like [[Maw-Ray|Unagi]] and [[Gringill]]s. They take 15 hits to defeat with the [[Fire Flower]] or [[Boomerang Flower]], but can be defeated in a single hit with invincibility or by transforming into [[Statue Mario]] and crushing them. They can also be attacked from the front or behind.

===Unused appearances===
====''Super Mario Odyssey''====
At least one Spike Eel [[list of Super Mario Odyssey pre-release and unused content|was originally going to appear]] in the [[Underwater Tunnel to the Lighthouse]] from the [[Seaside Kingdom]] in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' with their appearance from ''Super Mario 3D Land'', as shown in the area's concept artwork, but they were eventually replaced by [[Maw-Ray]]s.<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya, et al.|date=November 5, 2019|format=First English Edition|title=''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]''|publisher=[[Dark Horse Books]]|language=en-us|isbn=978-1-50671-375-5|page=228}}</ref>

==Naming==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
|file1=<tt>romfs/ObjectData/Utsubo.szs</tt>
|name1=Utsubo
|meaning1=Romanization of「ウツボ」(moray eel)<br>Also the Japanese name of Maw-Ray, which otherwise usually goes by the internal filename "moray"
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jpn=トゲトゲウオ<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), et al.|date=October 19, 2015|title=『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』 (''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=181}}</ref>
|JpnR=Togetoge Uo
|JpnM=Spiky Fish
|ChiS=尖刺鱼<ref>{{cite|title=超级马力欧 ３Ｄ乐园：游戏画面|url=www.ique.com/3ds/arej/screenshot/ss6.html|publisher=iQue|language=zh-hans|accessdate=June 24, 2024}}</ref>
|ChiSR=Jiān Cì Yǘ
|ChiSM=Sharp Spike Fish
|Ger=Dornenaal
|GerM=From ''Dornen'' ("thorn") and ''Aal'' ("eel")
|Ita=Anguillo Spino
|ItaM=Masculine form of the words ''anguilla'' ("eel") and ''spina'' ("spike")
|Por=Peixe-Espinho
|PorM=Spike-Fish
|SpaE=Peciespino<ref>{{cite|date=2017|title="Super Mario 3D Land" in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros 30ª Aniversario]]''|location=Madrid|publisher=Planeta Cómic|language=es|isbn=978-84-9146-223-1|page=181}}</ref>
|SpaEM=From ''pez'' ("fish") and ''espinoso'' ("spiny")
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Eels]]
[[Category:Super Mario 3D Land enemies]]
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