Crawfish

Crawfish
Crawfish
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Real-world info
	Name: Procambarus clarkii; (red swamp crawfish); Family: Cambaridae (cambarid crawfishes)
Main appearances
	DnM AC e+ WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
	Film HHD aF PC
	Name in other languages; ザリガニ; 淡水龙虾; Écrevisse; Cangrejo de río; Gambero; Рак 가재; 淡水龍蝦; Écrevisse; Cangrejo de río; Flusskrebs; Rode rivierkreeft

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The Crawfish pond fish in the Animal Crossing series that first appeared in Animal Crossing. It appears all day from spring to summer.

Catch details[edit]

In Animal Crossing[edit]

#33

"I caught a crawfish! Check out those pincers!"

Time of year	Apr – Sep
Time of day	All day
Location	Pond
Shadow size	Small
Selling price	250 Bells
Feng shui	Red
Furniture size

In Wild World[edit]

#11

"I caught a crawfish! Stick that in your craw!"

Description	When threatened, they cut their legs off, but these grow back when they molt.
Time of year	Apr – Sep
Time of day	All day
Peak times	Apr – May
Location	Holding pond
Shadow size	Tiny
Fish size	12 cm
Selling price	200 Bells
Furniture size

In City Folk[edit]

#11

"I caught a crawfish! Don't pinch me!"

Description	These lobster relatives are known to propagate quickly.
Time of year	Apr – Sep 15
Time of day	All day
Peak times	N/A
Location	Holding pond
Shadow size	Small
Fish size	About 4.8 in.
Selling price	250 Bells
Furniture size

In New Leaf[edit]

#11

"I caught a crawfish! Watch those pinchers!"

Time of year	Apr – Sep 15
Time of day	All day
Peak times	N/A
Location	Pond
Shadow size	Small
Fish size	12 cm
Selling price	200 Bells
Furniture size

In Pocket Camp[edit]

#25

Event availability	None
Location	Lost Lure Creek
Shadow size	Tiny
Fish size	10.0 cm - 14.0 cm
Rarity	★★★
Catch rate	Cannot be caught at this time.
Selling price	1,000 Bells
Request reward	1,500 Bells, 3 Friendship Points Fortune Cookie (20%), Bronze Treats (30%)

In New Horizons[edit]

#11

"I caught a crawfish! Or else it's a lobster, and I'm a giant!"

Time of year	North: Apr – Sep South: Oct – Mar
Time of day	All day
Location	Pond
Shadow size	Small
Spawn requirement	Appears from the start of the game
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny: 200 Bells C.J.: 300 Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum[edit]

Blathers makes these statements when the Crawfish is donated to the museum.

In Animal Crossing[edit]

"This diminutive fellow is a relative of the lobster. Its pincers are small, but distressingly powerful, wot? Indeed, it delights in a little pinchy-pinchy, eh wot? We'll take pains to ensure our mutual safety."

In Wild World[edit]

"You'll find these little fellows in many pots across the southlands, I imagine. I've personally never sampled one. They look rather... insect-ish. Blech."

In City Folk[edit]

"...I don't do particularly well when around crawfish. I mean, really. Look at it. It's like a wretched insect! And those legs... Did you notice all those wiggly legs? All the better to revolt me. Hoo, and the vulgar belly, all segmented and buglike. Absolutely abhorrent!"

It can be found in the middle-left tank in City Folk.

In New Leaf[edit]

"These shrimp relatives are usually found in ponds and rivers, typically making them easy to catch. The reason for this strange habitat is that crawfish are plentiful and will eat just about anything. Eating plant material makes their bodies red, but only eating fish and meat will turn their bodies blue. A red color indicates they are eating a healthy and balanced diet, so red is the ideal for the species."

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:

"Ohoo! So you have found a crawfish. Neither crab nor lobster, crawfish evolved in an interesting manner. Beware their fearsome pinchy pinchers! Behold their many legs! I say! It is a big bug-like, eh wot...The more I look at it, the more unsettled I feel... Let's be done with this and never speak of it again, shall we?"

Once donated to the museum, the Crawfish can be found in the recessed fish tank in the first fish exhibit with the Gar and Pike.

Real-world information[edit]

A real life crawfish.

The crawfish featured in Animal Crossing (Procambarus clarkii), is a member of one of the three largest freshwater crawfish. There are other names other than crawfish, such as crayfish, crawdads, and crawldads, known around the world in their respected territories. Crawdads are used in Louisiana's famous French Quarter as food.

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Animal Crossing
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Animal Crossing: City Folk
(data-rendered model)
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Names in other languages[edit]

	ザリガニ Zarigani	Crawfish

	가재 Gajae	Crawfish

	淡水龙虾 / 淡水龍蝦 dànshuǐ lóngxiā	Crawfish (lit. "freshwater lobster")

	Рак Rak	Crawfish

	Rode rivierkreeft	Red swamp crawfish (lit. red river lobster)

	Flusskrebs	River crab

	Cangrejo de río	Literally, "river crab".

	Écrevisse	Crawfish

	Gambero	Shrimp