Stringfish

The Stringfish (イトウ, Itō) is a freshwater fish in the introduced in. It is tied with the Dorado as the most valuable freshwater fish in the, selling for 15,000 Bells.

In
In, the Stringfish is a lucky item during winter, meaning it gives a 777-point Happy Home Academy bonus when placed in the player's house.

In
After donating the Stringfish, Blathers will make the following remarks:

In
Blathers will tell the player the following about the Stringfish upon its donation to the museum:

The Stringfish can then be seen swimming about in the first freshwater tank.

After donating the Stringfish, Blathers will impart his knowledge of the fish to the player dialogue.

In
The Stringfish can be found in the middle-left tank in the aquarium.

Fishing Tourney
Chip will not eat this fish as an entry for the Fishing Tourney. He will mention that it is too special to eat as it is. He will accept it as an entry and will measure it as usual.

In
The following information will be displayed by its tank:

The Stringfish can be found in the larger of the two left-hand tanks in the freshwater fish room.

In
The Stringfish can be found in the second tier in the waterfall fish-tank with the Sweetfish and Crucian Carp.

Real-world information
The Parahucho perryi is one of the largest, most ancient type of salmon species which inhabits the lower to middle reaches of lakes and rivers. It is Critically Endangered. Females lay between 2,000 - 10,000 eggs each time on sandy/gravelly river bottoms, most of them do not hatch. The fish can be found in areas of the Northwest Pacific, namely the Sakhalin Island (Russia, where it gets the name Sakhalin taimen), the Island of Hokkaidō (Japan) and parts of the far eastern Russian mainland.