Arowana
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Name: Scleropages formosus (Asian arowana) Family: Osteoglossidae (arowanas) | ||||||||
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Names in other languages
アロワナ
아로와나 Arowana Arowana
骨舌鱼
Arowana Arowana Arowana
骨舌魚 Arowana Arowana Аравана |
The arowana (アロワナ, arowana) is a freshwater fish in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Doubutsu no Mori. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it appears as a large shadow in rivers from 4 PM - 9 AM from summer to early fall. It is tied with the arapaima as the second-most valuable freshwater fish in the Animal Crossing series, selling for 10,000 Bells, and it is beaten only by the dorado, stringfish, and golden trout, which each sell for
15,000 Bells.
A variant of the arowana, the ivory arowana, appears exclusively in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp as an event fish.
Catch details[edit]
In Animal Crossing[edit]
In Wild World[edit]
In City Folk[edit]
In New Leaf[edit]
In New Leaf, an arowana appears as part of the default furniture layout for Quillson.
In Pocket Camp[edit]
Availability | Not currently available
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Shadow size | Large |
Size | 58.5 cm – 81.5 cm |
Rarity | ★★★ |
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Version added | Unknown |
Villager gift data | Tier: 4 (Rare)
Rewards:
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In New Horizons[edit]
Just like New Leaf, New Horizons includes an arowana as Quillson's default furniture layout.
Time of year | North: Jun – Sep South: Dec – Mar |
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Time of day | 4 PM – 9 AM |
Location | River |
Shadow size | Large |
Rarity | Uncommon |
Spawn requirement | Catch 50 total fish |
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Donating to the museum[edit]
As with all fish caught in the Animal Crossing series, the arowana can be donated to the museum in each game by talking to Blathers, who also will give some information on it.
In Animal Crossing[edit]
Blathers will say this upon donation:
In Wild World[edit]
Blathers will accept the donation willingly. His words are as follows:
It appears in the middle tank in the aquarium.
In City Folk[edit]
It appears in the tank on the right in the aquarium.
In New Leaf[edit]
An information board in the aquarium will display this description of the arowana:
In New Horizons[edit]
When donating to Blathers or selecting "Tell me about this!" in New Horizons, he will provide the following information about the fish:
The arowana can be found in the jungle tank in the far right of the first exhibit room with the saddled bichir and arapaima.
Fishing Tourney[edit]
During a Fishing Tourney, when given an arowana, Chip will say the following dialogue.
In City Folk[edit]
In New Leaf[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Real-world information[edit]
Arowanas, also known as aruanas or arawanas, are a freshwater fish of the family Osteoglossidae, sometimes known as "bonytongues". They can obtain oxygen from the air by sucking it into their swim bladder, which is lined with capillaries akin to lung tissue. In aquariums, Arowanas tend to school in groups of five to eight; any fewer may show an excess of dominance and aggression. Osteoglossids are basal (primitive) fish from the lower Tertiary and are placed in the actinopterygiid order Osteoglossiformes. There are ten described living species: three from South America, one from Africa, four from Asia, and the remaining two from Australia.
Osteoglossidae is the only exclusively freshwater fish family found on both sides of the Wallace Line. This may be explained by the fact that Asian arowanas (S. formosus) diverged from the Australian Scleropages, S. jardinii and S. leichardti, about 140 million years ago, making it likely that Asian arowanas were carried to Asia on the Indian subcontinent.
More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.
Names in other languages[edit]
アロワナ arowana |
Arowana | |
아로와나 arowana |
Arowana | |
骨舌鱼 gǔshéyú |
Translation of scientific name ("bony tongued fish") | |
骨舌魚 Unknown |
Translation of scientific name ("bony tongued fish") | |
Аравана Aravana |
Arowana | |
Arowana | Arowana | |
Arowana | Arowana | |
Arowana | Arowana | |
Arowana | Arowana | |
Arowana | Arowana |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ All bugs and fish in the first-generation games can appear at a lower spawn rate up to five days before the start of their first month of availability.
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