Amphibious. The Cat Fish can breathe both air and water.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (2d4 + 2) [piercing] damage.
Dorsal Fin Spine. If a creature touches or mounts the Cat Fish when it is unwilling, it can use a reaction to make its dorsal spine shoot upward, causing 3 (1d4+1) [piercing] damage and 2 (1d4) poison damage. Any creatures with proficiency in Nature or with a nature check of 15 or higher will know that the Cat Fish is able to do this.
Description
The Cat Fish is a large, amphibious creature appearing to have the head and tail of a catfish and the body and limbs of a big cat. Their color ranges from a slate gray to a muddy yellow, and they are usually covered in a combination of stripes or spots, which are several shades darker than the rest of their slimy body. Cat Fish have retractable claws that they mainly use to climb or to burrow into the sides of riverbanks.
Cat Fish are solitary creatures, only coming together to mate. Though, strangely, they seems to get along swimmingly with humanoid races if they are raised with them from a young age. Mother Cat Fish will spawn litters of 3-5 fry, feeding and protecting them until they are large enough to hunt on their own.
Cat Fish have defensive spines on their backs that can inject a painful but mostly harmless toxin into whatever it may pierce. They also use a naturally produced electricity to sense their environment in the murky and muddy waters they call home. They do not produce enough to use for self defense, but it does give them a resistance to other sources of electricity.
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