- This article is about the enemies from Super Mario Galaxy. For the boss also known as "Bonefin", see Kingfin. For the galaxy, see Bonefin Galaxy.
Bonefins[1] are metallic-looking fish that appear in Super Mario Galaxy. They are minions of Kingfin and much like him, appear as skeletal sharks, despite sharks lacking calcium skeletons in reality. In New Super Mario Bros. Wii onwards, Fish Bone was reintroduced with basic homing abilities that may be based on this enemy.
History[edit]
Super Mario Galaxy[edit]
In Super Mario Galaxy and its Nintendo Switch port, Bonefins only appear in the eponymous Bonefin Galaxy during the boss battle with Kingfin. They have glowing red eyes, spinning, propeller-like fins, and attack in a way that is very similar to Torpedo Teds: by homing in on the player and striking them to cause damage, though the radar noise they make is slightly different. They can be destroyed by being led to the surface. After the player has used a Green Shell or a Red Shell to damage Kingfin, it will summon Bonefins from the planet's hydrothermal vents to attack Mario. When the player has hit Kingfin two more times, he will summon more Bonefins, which will disappear after the battle has finished.
Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]
In Super Mario Galaxy 2, a fossilized Bonefin makes a cameo in the Yoshi Star Galaxy, though it only serves as a background element.
Internal names[edit]
Names in other languages[edit]
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media with which they are associated in the "notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due to concerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.
| Language
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Name
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Meaning
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Note(s)
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Ref.
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| Japanese |
コボーネ
Kobōne |
Portmanteau between「」(ko, "small") and「キングボーネ」(Kingu Bōne, "Kingfin"); likely also a play on「」(kobone, "small bone") |
[2]
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| French |
Poisson squelette |
Skeleton fish |
[3]
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| Ossec |
Agglutination of os sec ("dry bone"); it is the original name for Dry Bones and is shared with Fish Bone |
Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia |
[4]
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| German |
Mini-Skeletthai |
Mini-Kingfin |
[5]
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| Italian |
Skelopesce[a] |
Portmanteau of scheletro ("skeleton") and pesce ("fish"); shared with Honebon |
[6][7][8]
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| Pesce scheletro |
Skeleton fish |
Super Mario Galaxy: PRIMA Official Game Guide |
[9]
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| Portuguese |
Minilodosso |
Portmanteau between "mini" and Megalodosso ("Kingfin") |
[8]
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| Spanish |
Pequeño hueso |
Little bone |
[10]
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- ^ Attribution of this specific name to Bonefin is an extrapolation derived from the localized name of Kingfin.
References[edit]
- ^ English Super Mario Galaxy entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:39:09 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario Galaxy" in『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』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 127.
- ^ Black, Fletcher (2007). Super Mario Galaxy Le Guide Officiel (French Edition). Translated by Mathieu Daujam and Calude-Olivier Eliçabe. Roseville: Prima Games (French). ISBN 978-1-906064-02-0. Page 248.
- ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario Galaxy" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 127.
- ^ Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy" in Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 127.
- ^ In-game name of the Bonefin Galaxy from the Wii version of Super Mario Galaxy.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 127.
- ^ a b In-game name of the Bonefin Galaxy from the 2025 Nintendo Switch version of Super Mario Galaxy.
- ^ Black, Fletcher (2007). Super Mario Galaxy - la Guida Ufficiale (Premiere Edition). Roseville: Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 978-1-906064-03-7. Page 248.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy" in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 127.
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