Squid
Water starters have always been the most diverse (2 reptiles, 1 bird, 1 mammal, 1 amphibian, 1 fish/amphibian) so it makes sense it'd be the first to include an invertebrate.

For the record I think it's gonna be seal, the squid idea.comes from the mari in calamari, which is a food. It'd be like a bull pokemon having beef in its name, it's just weird

>>26119878
>seal
It's sea lion. The ashi comes from ashika (sea lion).

>>26119900
Kinda like Malamar?

>>26119900
Yeah, there's no way that a pokémon would have a food pun in its name. Just ask Jigglypuff, which is named after pudding in Japan.

>>26119926
Well colour me wrong, still think it's a seal with a circus ball or something

>>26119913
Also mari could be short for "marine". Ashi can mean both foot and leg. There are a shitton of different ways to interpret the names

I love the squid idea but a deal is cool too. I will absolutely choose it if it's a squid so I'm gonna place a bet on that.

>>26119949
To be fair that's its localized name, but I'm sure there are moon names based on food too.

>>26119899
Good reasoning. Hoping for a squid since it'll be more visually interesting than a seal.