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Lionfish

Lionfish: Spiky pufferfish like mobs that serve new purposes.

Lionfish would spawn uncommonly in underwater oceans that prick players when close, giving food poisoning and nausea unlike the normal everyday pufferfish. When killed, they will drop themselves which then you could either brew it in a brewing stand similar to it's other spiky friend to create a potion of "Retaliation", which allows the player/mob to become prickly like the thorns enchantment! but without any need of armor and others could also get pricked just by walking into them! Or you could cook it in a furnace to create a cooked lionfish that would be almost completely safe to eat unlike it's raw version, giving back a neat amount of hunger! You could also pick it up in a bucket just like the other fishies so you could display it in your own aquarium! But be aware that they could multiply and become an invasive species so you must make sure that can't happen!

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    Nox cgt commented
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    The only way to get the Nausea effect is by eating pufferfish. This is intentional because people can really become nauseous, so the effect has to be self inflicted.
    I like the idea for the Potion of Retaliation!
    I don't think it needs the note about lionfish being an invasive species because Minecraft's fish don't multiply on their own.

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    anbot139 commented
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    Great idea!

    Maybe the lionfish would attack tropical fish if placed on a coral reef, and each time it kills a fish it would spawn 1 more lionfish.

    "you could cook it in a furnace to create a cooked lionfish that would be almost completely safe to eat unlike it's raw version, giving back a neat amount of hunger!"

    I think that after the lionfish is cooked it should be completely safe to eat. Because lionfish are venomous, not poisonous, removing the spines would remove the danger. The cooked item texture should have its fins/spines removed similar to cooked cod.

    Good luck with the idea! (: