Smackerel

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Not to be confused with Snackeral.

Smackerel
First appearance	Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)

Smackerels are enemies that appear in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. They resemble flounders, being flat fish enemies with both eyes on the same side of their body, albeit with large, sharp-toothed jaws. Smackerels solely appear in the level Leaping Smackerel, where they burrow through the sand, periodically jumping out vertically to attack the player character. During the Wonder Effect of the level, a giant Smackerel appears, which is able to bite through part of the level to help the player collect Wonder Tokens.

Their name is a portmanteau of "smack" (most likely the verb referring to the sound of lips parting in anticipation of food or kissing) and "mackerel".

Gallery

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  Giant Smackerel model

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ハイデン Haiden	Possibly from「海底」(hǎidǐ, "seabed" in Chinese) and「デーン」(dēn, a comical onomatopoeia used to represent something dramatic happening)
Chinese	海蹬 Hǎidēng	Transliteration of the Japanese name
French	Limange	Portmanteau of "limande" (dab) and "manger" (to eat)
German	Sandhechte	Sand pickerel
Italian	Sfondalone	Portmanteau of "sfondare" (to break through) and possibly "pesciolone" (big fish)
Korean	넙쩍이 Neobjjeok'i	Play on "넙적" (neobjeok, flat) and possibly "쩍쩍" (jjeok-jjeok), with the nominalizing suffix "~이" (-i)
Portuguese (NOA)	Linguiado	From "linguado" (flounder) and "guiado" (guided)
Portuguese (NOE)	Perseguiçolha	Portmanteau of "perseguir" (to pursue) and "solha" (flatfish)
Spanish	Soterraballo	Portmanteau of "soterrar" (to bury) and "rodaballo" (turbot)