Hemogoblin Shark

The Hemogoblin Shark is a Hardmode enemy that can be spawned by fishing during a Blood Moon event. When the bobber dips and the player attempts to reel in a fish, a Hemogoblin Shark, among other enemies, has a chance to spawn within a few blocks of the bobber in place of a fish. The Hemogoblin Shark can move extraordinarily fast on land, swim quickly in water, jump very high, and can fire a barrage of Blood Shot projectiles.

Tips

 * Building a platform high above the player's fishing spot allows them to dodge the Hemogoblin Shark's lunging attacks, though it can still hit the player with its Blood Shot attack.
 * Keeping the Hemogoblin Shark underwater will prevent it from firing Blood Shots.
 * The Flying Knife is an effective weapon if the Hemogoblin Shark gets stuck in a crevice.

Trivia

 * The name Hemogoblin Shark is a portmanteau of ', an oxygen-carrying protein found in vertebrates which is responsible for giving blood its red color, and ', a rare and ancient species of shark native to the deep waters of the Eastern Atlantic.
 * Hemogoblin is also an anagram of hemoglobin.
 * It is the only non-Old One's Army event enemy to follow the Attacker AI.


 * This references the Minishark's tooltip,