Pricklepuff family

The pricklepuff family is a family of aquatic creatures introduced in Pikmin 4. It contains only one member, the Pricklepuff, which the family is named after. The lone member of this family belongs to the Piscpineous genus.

Members

Pricklepuff

Main article: Pricklepuff.

Scientific name: Piscpineous pardos

The Pricklepuff is an aquatic enemy first discovered in the Serene Shores in Pikmin 4. They are light cream and have darker colored spots lining the front of their of their body. The front of their face is covered with spikes, the same color of their body, which they use to attack predators and prey. They also have cyan eyes and light blue, translucent fins.

Naming

The family's name, pricklepuff, is made up of the word prickle, which is in relation the sharp spikes that the creature uses to defend itself, and the word puff, likely coming from pufferfish, which the Pricklepuff bears resemblance to.

The family genus, Piscpineous, can be split up into three parts:

• The first part, Pisc is most likely a shortened version of the word piscine which means 'of or concerning fish', due to the fact that the Pricklepuff is a fish.
• The second part, pine may be referring to the spikes that line the Pricklepuff's face as they look very similar to the long needle-like leaves of a pine tree.
• The final part, ous, is a suffix that means 'characterized by; of the nature of'. This means that the Pricklepuff is categorised by its spikes, which accurately describes how the fish looks.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	トゲハゼ科? Toge haze ka	Thorn goby family
French	globépines	Globethorns	From "globe" and "épines" (thorns)
German	Nadler	Needlers
Korean	가시망둥이 과 Gasi-Mangdungi Gwa	Thorn Goby family
Portuguese	Baiagulhídeos	Pricklepuffidae	From "baiacu" (pufferfish) and "agulha" (needle)
Spanish	Globoespínidos	Spineglobidae	From "globo" (balloon) and "espina" (spine)