Skrelp appears to be based on a weedy seadragon.
Skrelp may be a combination of scrawny and kelp.
Kuzumo may be a corruption of クサモドキ kusamodoki (pseudo-grass) or 藻屑 mokuzu (seaweed scraps).
No: 690
English Name: Skrelp
Japanese Name: Kuzumo
Generation: 6
Type: Poison, Water
Species: Mock Kelp Pokémon
Abilities: Poison Point, Poison Touch, Adaptability (hidden ability)
Evolution: Skrelp > Dragalge
Skrelp is a brown aquatic Pokémon that resembles a marine animal similar to a seahorse called a sea dragon. The tip of Skrelp’s tail has three leaf-like fins. Skrelp has a pair of roundish, clear pectoral fins on the sides of its body, a dull purple belly and a blunt spike on its hunched back. Skrelp’s face is the same colour as its belly, with an upward-pointing snout and red circular eyes with small black pupils. A clear, roundish growth with a brown stem sticks out on the back of Skrelp’s head.
POKEDEX ENTRIES
Pokemon X: Camouflaged as rotten kelp, they spray liquid poison on prey that approaches unawares and then finish it off.
Pokemon Y:It looks just like rotten kelp. It hides from foes while storing up power for its evolution.
Pokemon Omega Ruby: Camouflaged as rotten kelp, they spray liquid poison on prey that approaches unawares and then finish it off.
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire: It looks just like rotten kelp. It hides from foes while storing up power for its evolution.
