Bitterling
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Name: Acheilognathus melanogaster (Japanese bitterling) Family: Cyprinidae (carps and minnows) | ||||||||
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Names in other languages
タナゴ
납줄개 Rodeo Bitterling
红目鲫
Bouvière Amarguillo Bittervoorn
紅目鯽 Bouvière Amarguillo Горчак |
The bitterling is a freshwater fish in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Doubutsu no Mori. It appears as a tiny shadow that can be found in rivers all day long. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it can be caught from late fall into early spring.
Catch details[edit]
In Animal Crossing[edit]
In Wild World[edit]
In City Folk[edit]
In New Leaf[edit]
In Pocket Camp[edit]
Availability | Not currently available
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Location | ![]() |
Shadow size | Tiny |
Size | 6.4 cm – 9.6 cm |
Rarity | ★ |
Selling price | ![]() |
Version added | Unknown |
Villager gift data | Tier: 1 (Common)
Rewards:
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In New Horizons[edit]
Time of year | North: Nov – Mar South: May – Sep |
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Time of day | All day |
Location | River |
Shadow size | Tiny |
Rarity | Common |
Spawn requirement | Appears from the start of the game |
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Donating to the museum[edit]
As with all fish in the Animal Crossing series, the bitterling can be donated to the museum by talking to Blathers, who will follow the donation up with a small talk.
In Animal Crossing[edit]
In Wild World[edit]
Blathers will say this as the fish is donated:
After donation, the bitterling can be found in the front tank in the first room.
In City Folk[edit]
Blathers will say this when handed the small fish:
It can be found swimming around in the middle-left tank in the aquarium after donation.
In New Leaf[edit]
After donating the bitterling, the following information will be displayed by its tank:
The bitterling can be found in the larger of the two left-hand tanks in the freshwater fish room.
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:
Once donated to the museum, the bitterling can be found in the recessed pond in the entrance room of the fish exhibit with the soft-shelled turtle and loach.
Fishing Tourney[edit]
During a Fishing Tourney, when given a bitterling, Chip will say the following dialogue.
In City Folk[edit]
In New Leaf[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Real-world information[edit]
The Rhodeus sericeus or "bitterling" is a harmless fish that lives in ponds, lakes, marshes, muddy and sandy pools, as well as the backwaters of rivers. It feeds mainly on plant material but has been known to feed on small insect larvae. The bitterling lays its eggs in the mantle cavity of mussels. The bitterlings can be found in central and eastern Europe, and are often seen in public aquariums, and can be bought for private aquariums. It is a low-risk fish (not under threat). There are also about 23 recognized species in this category of bitterlings.
More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.
Names in other languages[edit]
タナゴ Tanago |
Bitterling | |
납줄개 Napjulgae |
Bitterling | |
红目鲫 Hóngmùjì |
Bitterling | |
紅目鯽 Unknown |
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Горчак Gorchak |
Bitterling | |
Bittervoorn | Bitterling | |
Bitterling | Bitterling | |
Amarguillo | ||
Bouvière | Bitterling | |
Rodeo | Bitterling |
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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