Bounty Bass

Bounty Basses are plump, red fish enemies that appear in both Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land III. They have a yellow variant named Gleamin' Bream.

Description
In Donkey Kong Country 3, Bounty Basses are similar to the airborne enemy, Booty Birds, in that they usually carry an item within them. Like many other underwater enemies, Enguarde can defeat a Bounty Bass by stabbing it, causing it to release its item and swim away. A Bounty Bass usually contains a banana or a bear coin, although it can sometimes hold K-O-N-G Letters. They only appear in a few underwater levels, such as Bazza's Blockade or Floodlit Fish. Most Bounty Basses remain in one position, but some swim around back and forth. In the level Pot Hole Panic, some of the Bounty Basses occupy the tight spaces underwater with their body mass.

In Dixie Kong's Photo Album, Bounty Basses are categorized under the enemy class, Aquatic Attackers.

In Donkey Kong Land III, Bounty Basses most often appear in river stages. Their behavior was changed, as an item is no longer contained within them. Every Bounty Bass swims around back and forth in a set pattern, behaving just like a larger Koco.

Names in other languages
Bounty Bass