Squala is an older member of Neon Nostrade's bodyguards. After he got the
Squala in the 1999 anime adaptation
warning from Kurapika that the Phantom Troupe was coming to his location, He was advised to escape immediately, taking the fake scarlet eyes that Kortopi made Kurapika buy for Neon from the auction, and so the Phantom Troupe was able to follow the nen trace and find him. Pakunoda read his mind and realized that he was not the chain user that they were searching for, so Nobunaga kills him. He was in a romantic relationship with Eliza, one of Neon's female attendants. Squala is a Manipulator. He has the ability to manipulate dogs.