Utuboros

Utuboros (ウツボロス) is the giant sea-serpent mini-boss in Launch Octopus' stage in Mega Man X and Mega Man Xtreme 2. It comes in and out of the sand. Destroy either the head or the tail end to destroy the robot. There is also a hidden Utuboros inside a passage that only opens when the Cruiziler is destroyed.

This enemy also makes a cameo appearance in the intro cartoon of the PlayStation remake of Mega Man X3, where X uses it to defeat Launch Octopus.

A similar enemy appears in Mega Man X7, one in the Lava Factory (Flame Hyenard's stage), and a three-headed one appears in the Battleship (Splash Warfly's stage).

Trivia

 * "Utsubo" (ウツボ) is Japanese for moray eel. The name Utuboros could also be a reference to the word Uroboros which is the name of a serpent devouring its own tail, or a combination of the two. Uroboros is also the name of the last stage in Mega Man ZX Advent, which is a air fortress shaped like it's namesake.
 * Broken Utuboros heads appears in the conveyor belts of Flame Mammoth's stage.
 * In Mega Man ZX Advent, a broken Utuboros appears in the oil field area in one of the quests. If the quest is completed, it is put on display in one of the rooms.

Similar Enemies

 * Seg Drago