Hammond

alive · Pike Conger Fish-Man of the New Fish-Man Pirates · first appeared @0607

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A pike conger fish-man and fighter of the New Fish-Man Pirates; the first post-timeskip fish-man shown on-page. Confronts the Straw Hats at the deep-sea trench gateway to Fish-Man Island, demanding they submit as vassals or have their ship sunk.

Etymology

Confidence: high · ハモンド Hamondo is built on 鱧 hamo, the Japanese word for the pike conger eel — which is precisely Hammond’s on-page fish-man species (name-caption “Pike Conger Fish-Man,” p. 16; specifically the daggertooth pike conger). Oda routinely names fish-men after their species (Arlong/saw-shark, Hatchan/octopus); here ハモ (hamo) + ‑ンド produces the English-sounding surname “Hammond” (also reading as the Hammond organ / a real English name). The fishing-gear register carries into his named attack “Bay-o-net / Trawl Net” (帆引き網 hobikiami, “sailing trawl net”) — a conger that fights by hauling nets. Sources: One Piece Wiki — Hammond; Wikipedia — Daggertooth pike conger.

Arc-by-arc updates

Fish-Man Island (Ch. 608)

Fish-Man Island (Ch. 609) — the supremacist doctrine in his own mouth; defeated by Luffy

Fish-Man Island — the plaza melee (Ch. 643)

• Among the New Fish-Man Pirates fighting the freed slaves and Nico Robin at Conchcorde Plaza; the grunts cry “No!! Hammond!! Get her!!” as Robin routs them (p. 5).

Notes

• Etymology resolved — see the Etymology section above (ハモンド ← 鱧 hamo, pike conger).
• Member of Fish-Men (added to its members/on_page_examples).