Gleamin' Bream

Artwork from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

First appearance

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996)

Latest appearance

Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance) (2005)

Relatives
Bounty Bass

Gleamin' Breams, also spelled Gleaming Breams,^[1] are enemies in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. These bulky yellow fish are encountered in Floodlit Fish only. Gleamin' Breams are uniquely bioluminescent, so they can produce and emit light, and Enguarde can stab a Gleamin' Bream to startle it and have Gleamin' Bream illuminates the area temporarily. Gleamin' Breams are relatives of Bounty Basses, but do not release any items, unlike them. A photograph of a Gleamin' Bream appears in Dixie Kong's Photo Album, under the Aquatic Attackers class, in the original version only.

Gleamin' Breams appear to be the inspiration for a species of bioluminescent fish in the Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze level, Amiss Abyss. They are small and encountered in schools. Scattering a school of such fish with a corkscrew move makes them produce light for a short time and illuminate the dark area of the stage.

Gallery

Sprite from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
In Dixie Kong's Photo Album
Sprite from Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	グレーミンブリーム^[?] Gurēmin Burīmu	Gleamin' Bream

Trivia

"Puffer Fish" seen in UK's Nintendo Magazine System.

In a preview shown in the United Kingdom's Nintendo Magazine System, the Gleamin' Bream was referred to as "Puffer Fish" and appears to have a slightly unpolished sprite.^[2]

References

^ March 1997. Nintendo Official Magazine (UK) Volume 54. EMAP (British English). Page 48.
^ November 1996. Nintendo Magazine System (UK) Volume 50. EMAP (British English). Page 87.

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Levels	Lake Orangatanga	Lakeside Limbo • Doorstop Dash • Tidal Trouble • Skidda's Row • Murky Mill • Belcha's Barn
	Kremwood Forest	Barrel Shield Bust-Up • Riverside Race • Squeals on Wheels • Springin' Spiders • Bobbing Barrel Brawl • Arich's Ambush
	Cotton Top Cove	Bazza's Blockade • Rocket Barrel Ride • Kreeping Klasps • Tracker Barrel Trek • Fish Food Frenzy • Squirt's Showdown
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	Razor Ridge	Buzzer Barrage • Kong-Fused Cliffs • Floodlit Fish • Pot Hole Panic • Ropey Rumpus • Barbos's Barrier^b • Kroctopus Krush^a
	Pacifica^a	Dingy Drain-Pipe^a • Stormy Seas^a • Sunken Spruce^a • Cliffside Blast^a • Ripcurl Reef^a • Surf's Up^a • Barbos's Barrier
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^a Exclusive to the Game Boy Advance version ^b Barbos's Barrier was moved to Pacifica in the Game Boy Advance version