The two of them don't look alike at all. They are both water type, I know that. But how does a fish turn into an octopus?! It's not logical.
There is only one explanation to this: Only GameFreak knows. They wanted to build it like this, certainly. There is no other explanation, I guess.
Baby octopus
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