Deep Cheep

Deep Cheeps (originally parsed Deep-Cheeps ) are a special variety of Cheep Cheeps that are first found in New Super Mario Bros. They appear to be regular Cheep Cheeps, except for the fact that these creatures are green and will swim in the direction of Mario or Luigi in underwater levels depending on the direction they swim in. Deep Cheeps will only give up pursuing Mario or Luigi provided the latter ones swim behind and past the fish foes.

New Super Mario Bros.
In New Super Mario Bros., Deep Cheeps and their larger variants, the Big Deep Cheeps, only show up in World 6-5. They chase Mario or Luigi until the heroes swim away.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii
In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Deep Cheeps are slightly more common. One appears in World 1-4 along with a Big Deep Cheep. If Mario and co. keep staying in the area, another pair of green fish enemies appears. Deep Cheeps can also be encountered in the second part of World 8-4.

In this game, their lips have become pink, matching the current depiction of a Cheep Cheep's, rather than keeping the red-orange colored lips they and Cheep Cheeps previously had in New Super Mario Bros. Their dorsal fins and tails have also become yellow, as opposed to white. There is a more relentless enemy similar to Deep Cheep known as Spiny Cheep Cheep.

New Super Mario Bros. 2
Deep Cheeps reappear in New Super Mario Bros. 2, where nothing has changed about their behavior and appearance since New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Deep Cheeps first appear in.

New Super Luigi U
Though Deep Cheeps did not appear in New Super Mario Bros. U (despite them receiving official artwork for that game), they still appear in New Super Luigi U, behaving the same as in previous games. Their only appearance is in Cheep Chomp Chase.

Mario Party 9
In Mario Party 9, a Deep Cheep can be seen swimming around Blooper Beach. It jumps out of the water at various intervals and may even jump over the player's vehicle. It has no effect on the gameplay.

Yoshi's New Island
In Yoshi's New Island, Deep Cheeps appear as obstacles in Submarine Yoshi sections, replacing Piscatory Petes from previous games. Rather than swimming in the direction of the player, they swim in a wide wave pattern contrary to red Cheep Cheeps, which simply move forward. Like the original New Super Mario Bros., their faces do not have an angered expression. Furthermore, the official Japanese guide simply considers them to be generic green Cheep Cheeps.

Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS
Deep Cheep reappears in Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS. They aesthetically replace green Cheep Cheeps and Blurps in the New Super Mario Bros. U style, except that they no longer chase the player due to the green Cheep Cheeps and the Blurps from other styles not being able to chase Mario. Furthermore, the voice heard when placing Deep Cheeps onto the course just calls them Cheep Cheeps.

Trivia

 * Before New Super Mario Bros., green Cheep Cheeps previously appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3 as well as the Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Bros. Deluxe versions of Super Mario Bros. (replacing grey Cheep Cheeps). Unlike Deep Cheeps, these Cheep Cheeps are less aggressive compared to red Cheep Cheeps. Mr. Kipper from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, a stronger variety, also appears to be purple underwater but is shown to be green out of water.