Neptina "Neppy" is a young mermaid who followed Ondina, back to Mako Island. Her friends call her Neppy. She only appears in Season 2 episode Stowaway and is portrayed by Angourie Rice.
Name[]
- Neptina is a name of Roman origins and it is the feminine version of Neptune, the Roman counterpart to the Greek Poseidon and god of the sea.
Trivia[]
- Neppy's age is never mentioned; however it is estimated that she is meant to be 11 or 12 years old.
- Neppy found out about Evie and Erik when she visited land, but when sent back to the pod, she did not let the mermaid council know.
- She is the first mermaid hatchling to be visibly seen in the series.
- By the end of the episode, Ondina gifts Neppy with a beautiful seashell that she uses it in her hair like Ondina did before, as a symbol of their friendship and that Neptina had matured enough to stay in her pod by her own.
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