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Ranchu goldfish
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Real-world info
Name: Carassius auratus (goldfish) Family: Cyprinidae (carps and minnows)
Main appearances
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Other appearances
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Names in other languages  ランチュウ  난주  Ranchu  Ranchu  兰寿金鱼  Ranchu  Ranchú  Buffelrug  蘭壽金魚  Ranchu  Ranchú  Ранчу

The ranchu goldfish is a rare fish in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It can be found in ponds as a small shadow throughout the year, though only between the hours of 9 AM to 4 PM.

It also appears in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp as an event fish that was available during Fishing Tourney: Elegant Aquarium in August 2020 and Fishing Tourney: Foliage in September 2021.

Catch details

In New Horizons

#9

"I caught a ranchu goldfish! But I prefer balsamicu goldfish!"

Time of year	North: All year South: All year
Time of day	9 AM – 4 PM
Location	Pond
Shadow size	Small
Rarity	Uncommon
Spawn requirement	Catch 20 total fish
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny:  4,500 Bells  C.J.:  6,750 Bells
Furniture size

In Pocket Camp

Event availability	Fishing Tourney 29: Elegant Aquarium
Location	Lost Lure Creek
Shadow size
Fish size	10.2 cm - 21.8 cm
Rarity	★★★
Catch rate
Selling price	Bells
Request reward	Bells

Donating to the museum

In New Horizons

When donating to Blathers or selecting "Tell me about this!" in New Horizons, he will provide the following information about the fish:

"The ranchu goldfish is a charming relative of the goldfish with a bumpy head and stout, round body. They have ordinary heads when born, but develop impressive rectangular heads after about three years. Supposedly their head shape changes depending on factors like the size of their tank... So ranchu goldfish enthusiasts aim to raise perfectly shaped specimens and work hard to achieve this. Of course, no one asks the ranchu goldfish themselves what shape they want their heads to be..."

The ranchu goldfish can be found in the tank immediately to the right of the entrance to the fish section of the museum sharing the tank with guppy.

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Real-world information

A real-world ranchu

The Ranchu, (Japanese: Katakana: ランチュウ; Kanji: 蘭鋳, 蘭虫 or 卵虫, literally "Dutch worm") is a hooded variety of fancy goldfish developed in Japan. It is referred to as the "king of goldfish" by the Japanese.

The modern-day ranchu is a Japanese development of the lionhead. They are the direct outcome of crossbreeding experiments of different Chinese lionhead specimens. More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.

Names in other languages

	ランチュウ Ranchū	Ranchu
	난주 Nanju	Ranchu
	兰寿金鱼 Lánshòu jīnyú	Ranchu goldfish
	蘭壽金魚 laan4 sau6 gam1 jyu4	Ranchu goldfish
	Ранчу Ranchu
	Buffelrug
	Ranchu
	Ranchú
	Ranchu
	Ranchu

Pocket Camp fish

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