Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Fish

All 200 bugs, fish and sea creatures on your island, and when to go after them. Pick a month to see what is out and about, what has just arrived, and what leaves once the month ends.

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Hemisphere
Anchovy now
Sea
Small
4–21 h
200
300
Angelfish now
River
Small
16–9 h
3,000
4,500
Arapaima now
River
Largest
16–9 h
10,000
15,000
Arowana now
River
Medium-large
16–9 h
10,000
15,000
Barred knifejaw now
Sea
Medium-small
all day
5,000
7,500
Barreleye
Sea
Small
21–4 h
15,000
22,500
Betta
River
Small
9–16 h
2,500
3,750
Bitterling
River
Smallest
all day
900
1,350
Black bass now
River
Medium-large
all day
400
600
Blowfish
Sea
Medium-small
21–4 h
5,000
7,500
Bluegill
River
Small
9–16 h
180
270
Blue marlin now
Pier
Largest
all day
10,000
15,000
Butterfly fish now
Sea
Small
all day
1,000
1,500
Carp now
Pond
Medium-large
all day
300
450
Catfish now
Pond
Medium-large
16–9 h
800
1,200
Char now
River (clifftop)
Medium-small
16–9 h
3,800
5,700
Cherry salmon now
River (clifftop)
Medium-small
16–9 h
1,000
1,500
Clown fish now
Sea
Smallest
all day
650
975
Coelacanth now
Sea when raining
Largest
all day
15,000
22,500
Crawfish now
Pond
Small
all day
200
300
Crucian carp now
River
Small
all day
160
240
Dab
Sea
Medium-small
all day
300
450
Dace now
River
Medium-small
16–9 h
240
360
Dorado now
River
Large
4–21 h
15,000
22,500
Football fish
Sea
Medium-large
16–9 h
2,500
3,750
Freshwater goby now
River
Small
16–9 h
400
600
Frog
Pond
Small
all day
120
180
Gar now
Pond
Large
16–9 h
6,000
9,000
Giant snakehead
Pond
Large
9–16 h
5,500
8,250
Giant trevally now
Pier
Large
all day
4,500
6,750
Golden trout now
River (clifftop)
Medium-small
16–9 h
15,000
22,500
Goldfish now
Pond
Smallest
all day
1,300
1,950
Great white shark now
Sea
Largest + fin
16–9 h
15,000
22,500
Guppy
River
Smallest
9–16 h
1,300
1,950
Hammerhead shark now
Sea
Largest + fin
16–9 h
8,000
12,000
Horse mackerel now
Sea
Small
all day
150
225
Killifish
Pond
Smallest
all day
300
450
King salmon now
River mouth
Largest
all day
1,800
2,700
Koi now
Pond
Medium-large
16–9 h
4,000
6,000
Loach
River
Small
all day
400
600
Mahi-mahi now
Pier
Large
all day
6,000
9,000
Mitten crab now
River
Small
16–9 h
2,000
3,000
Moray eel now
Sea
Narrow
all day
2,000
3,000
Napoleonfish
Sea
Largest
4–21 h
10,000
15,000
Neon tetra
River
Smallest
9–16 h
500
750
Nibble fish
River
Smallest
9–16 h
1,500
2,250
Oarfish
Sea
Largest
all day
9,000
13,500
Ocean sunfish now
Sea
Largest + fin
4–21 h
4,000
6,000
Olive flounder now
Sea
Large
all day
800
1,200
Pale chub
River
Smallest
9–16 h
200
300
Pike now
River
Large
all day
1,800
2,700
Piranha
River
Small
9–16 h · 21–4 h
2,500
3,750
Pond smelt
River
Small
all day
400
600
Pop-eyed goldfish
Pond
Smallest
9–16 h
1,300
1,950
Puffer fish now
Sea
Medium-small
all day
250
375
Rainbowfish
River
Smallest
9–16 h
800
1,200
Ranchu goldfish
Pond
Small
9–16 h
4,500
6,750
Ray now
Sea
Large
4–21 h
3,000
4,500
Red snapper now
Sea
Medium-large
all day
3,000
4,500
Ribbon eel now
Sea
Narrow
all day
600
900
Saddled bichir
River
Medium-large
21–4 h
4,000
6,000
Salmon now
River mouth
Medium-large
all day
700
1,050
Saw shark now
Sea
Largest + fin
16–9 h
12,000
18,000
Sea bass now
Sea
Large
all day
400
600
Sea butterfly
Sea
Smallest
all day
1,000
1,500
Sea horse now
Sea
Smallest
all day
1,100
1,650
Snapping turtle
River
Large
21–4 h
5,000
7,500
Soft-shelled turtle now
River
Medium-large
16–9 h
3,750
5,625
Squid
Sea
Medium-small
all day
500
750
Stringfish
River (clifftop)
Large
16–9 h
15,000
22,500
Sturgeon now
River mouth
Largest
all day
10,000
15,000
Suckerfish now
Sea
Medium-large + fin
all day
1,500
2,250
Surgeonfish now
Sea
Small
all day
1,000
1,500
Sweetfish now
River
Medium-small
all day
900
1,350
Tadpole
Pond
Smallest
all day
100
150
Tilapia now
River
Medium-small
all day
800
1,200
Tuna
Pier
Largest
all day
7,000
10,500
Whale shark now
Sea
Largest + fin
all day
13,000
19,500
Yellow perch
River
Medium-small
all day
300
450
Zebra turkeyfish now
Sea
Medium-small
all day
500
750
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