Mudmouth

"There's an old saying about orange... "If you see one pop up from underground, throw a bomb in its mouth." Yes, it is a VERY specific saying."

- Mr. Grizz

Mudmouths are Boss Salmonids that appear in special waves in Salmon Run Next Wave in.

Description
Mudmouths are tall, stationary Salmonids that emerge from Gushers during a Mudmouth Eruption wave. Their body seems to be made of slime or ectoplasm of some sort, with trash (such as tires) sticking out. They have large mouths that extend all the way down to the ground and an orange, mohawk-like dorsal fin similar to that of Chum and Cohocks. Their eyes and inside of their mouths emit a green-blue light.

Mudmouths spawn Lesser Salmonids from their mouths at a rapid rate; either singular Chum or groups of three Smallfry. Any given Mudmouth will only ever spawn a single type.

Throwing a Splat Bomb into a Mudmouth's mouth or using a special weapon such as the Crab Tank will damage it and cause it to drop a Golden Egg. Main weapon types (except the Explosher) have no effect on them.

As the Mudmouth takes more damage, its expression will become more pained and its dorsal fin will fray. The Mudmouth will need three Splat bombs to be splatted. Each time if gets damaged by a Splat bomb it will drop one Golden Egg, and when the Mudmouth gets splatted it will explode and drop three more Golden Eggs for a total of six.

Golden Mudmouths
"Hey, I thought I saw a orange out there! Also, what's with the Cohocks on parade? Weird."

- Mr. Grizz

During a Mudmouth wave, occasionally a Golden Mudmouth will spawn instead. Golden Mudmouths have a golden sheen to their bodies and the light shining inside them is yellow. They spawn Cohocks and drop more Golden Eggs: two when damaged, five when splatted, for a total of 11. It is unknown if the Hazard level effects the chance/number of Golden Mudmouths spawning.

Trivia

 * Like the Flyfish, Mudmouths and Golden Mudmouths can be defeated with the Explosher alone. The projectile needs to hit the bottom of the mouth.
 * Before Version 1.1.1, Mudmouths were subject to an infamous glitch where they would rarely move around the map at extremely high speeds. A variation of this glitch had Mudmouths teleporting between their spawn points every few seconds. This would make splatting them nigh-impossible, and effectively guarantee a loss for the crew.
 * When you defeat a Mudmouth, you can briefly see a Salmonid leaping out of it just before it explodes.