Cepharioth

Cepharioth is a powerful Piscine Wyvern that is a Related Species of both the Cephadrome and the Plesioth and is first encountered in High Rank.

Physiology
Cepharioth are navy blue in colour with multi-shaded red stripes, purple fins and gleaming red eyes. They feature red coloured tethers (similarly to Barayozus) that it can use to magnetise the physical surroundings around it. Additionally, their dorsal fin is enormous in parallel to their body compared to other piscine wyverns.

Behavior
Unlike other Piscine Wyverns, Cepharioth are vicious in nature and typically hostile on sight without provocation. They're not tied with the Coralos piscine wyverns despite their drastic similarities comparable to the desert Cephadrome and its Cephalos, it actually instead predominantly preys on Coralos daily due to their similar niches, making them an easy meal for the Cepharioth.

Abilities
Cepharioth distribute abilities it can use via combining thunder and water to cover an entire area in steam alongside combine their poison liquid projectiles with the magnetic tethers they feature running across their fins to make it rain droplets of poison all around it. It can additionally do various melee combos physically with some attacks involving its tethers.

Attacks
It retains the typical attacks from both Plesioth and Cephadrome but with some changes such as shooting out either poisoned water or thunder instead of sand or water and its much faster when it comes to preparing its typical attacks. Additionally, its bite unveils a blast of steam that Stuns the hunter (similarly to Pink Rathian's fire bite).

Head Swing: It rears itself upwards and then swings its head to the side and then turns around to swing its head again.

Triple Head Swing: Same as the Head Swing attack but does it multiple times.

Charged Head Swing: It rears itself much slowly before an electrical discharge occurs on its head and then slams the right side of its head: causing a massive explosion of electricity. Inflicts Thunderblight

Thunder Tail Shot: It does the typical Diablos tail swipe attack but it unveils blasts of electricity that hit further in front of it. Inflicts Thunderblight.

Thunder Tail Wave: It does the charged tail swipe that Zagrabios and HC Cephadrome has but then unveils a massive wave of electricity that travels further before stopping. Inflicts Thunderblight.

Poisoned Water Beam: It will rear itself upwards before aiming at the hunters position and then unleashing a purple coloured water beam and then swiping it 90 degrees to the left or the right depending on the hunters position. Inflicts Waterblight and Poison.

Poisoned Water Puddle: It will "puke" out masses of purple water that expands into a large puddle that lasts for 30 seconds before evaporating into a cloud of steam. Inflicts Waterblight and Poison.

Poisoned Water Toss: Sometimes when doing the Poisoned Water Puddle attack, its tethers will magnetise the solid ground below the puddle and then flip it aside: unveiling a wave of water. Inflicts Waterblight and Poison.

Tether Pinch: It will send either its left or right tether at a hunters position to hit them.

Tether Flail: It will flail both tethers to the position in front of it and hitting the sides of it.

Tether Leap: It will strongly send off a tether at a position and then leap upwards before crashing down on that position: unleashing a wave of electricity around it. Inflicts Thunderblight.

Triple Tether Leap: Same as the Tether Leap attack but aims at hunters positions and does it multiple times. Inflicts Thunderblight

Tether Toss: It will magnetise rocks from its surroundings and then toss them at hunters positions. Inflicts Magnetised.

Tether Throw: It will magnetise a boulder and then auto-aim at a hunter before then throwing it at the hunter. Inflicts Magnetised

Tether Magnitude: It will magnetise the surroundings around it and then leap upwards on a magnetised rock before then auto-locking at a hunter and then smashing itself on them: sending the surrounding debris everywhere. Inflicts Thunderblight and Magnetised.

Tether Beam: It will clap both its tethers together which unleashes a massive beam of electricity which it then shoots beam of poisoned water: turning the beam into a giant mist of steam. Inflicts Waterblight, Thunderblight and Poison.

Tether Shield: It magnetises the surroundings around it to shield itself for a few seconds. Throwing a sonic bomb will detain this but will put Cepharioth is rage mode.

Tether Wall: It magnetises a big chunk of the ground and then on the other side: hipchecks, causing the 'wall' to fall on hunters.

Steam Cloud: It unveils electricity from its tethers and spits globs of poisoned water from its mouth, causing a chain reaction that causes a massive burst of steam.

Steam Beam: Similar to the Steam Cloud except it shoots it as a beam. Inflicts Stun.

Steam Twister: It leaps upwards after doing the Steam Cloud and then unveils a steam twister that travels around for 10 seconds before fading away. Inflicts Magnetised.

Steam Stormed Supercell: Similar to the Steam Twister attack but the twister stays in place and grows bigger and bigger before fading away. Inflicts Magnetised.

Role in the Food Chain
Minimal - Extremely Low - Low - Average - High - (Extremely High) - Apex - Legend

Main Prey: Coralos

Arch-Rivals: Renzukohan, Mycelium Hills Fanged Wyvern

Habitat Range
Predominantly found in the Mycelium Hills: swimming through the mycelium ground alongside the occasional pools found within the area to prey on the Coralos. It however has been known to invade the Nightmare Marshes, Flower Field and the Coral Highlands for unknown reasons. Some have also been found captive in the Sky Corridor.

Ecological Niche
Extremely high in the food chain compared to other piscine wyverns. Having various attributes combined with their hostility puts them on par with rival monsters such as Tigrex, Rathalos, Leshimina, Dendastroth, Seltas Queen, Kumagucha, Deviljho and Rajang. Cepharioth are not ED-Levelled because while possessing the powers of such, they do not ravage ecosystems.

Biological Adaptations
The tethers running across its pectoral fins feature magnetic properties that allow it to surf through the waters of the Mycelium Hills which it dwells upon (though typically does not combat foes with burrowing attacks), alongside use it to combat foes that not much monsters are capable of replicating. They additionally feature the diamond-shaped head that the Cephalos/Cephadrome feature which allow it to maneuver extremely quickly.

Breakable Parts
Their head, pectoral fins,dorsal fin, tail fin, tethers can be broken. Their head can be broken twice: scarring the left eye.