Crawfish

"I caught a crawfish! Check out those pincers!" —Animal Crossing (GCN)

"I caught a crawfish! Stick that in your craw!" —Wild World

"I caught a crawfish! Don't pinch me!" —City Folk

"I caught a crawfish! Watch those pinchers!" —New Leaf

Crawfish
Scientific name	Procambarus clarkii
Family	Cambaridae - Crayfish sup.Astacoidea
Time of year	April to Mid-September
Time of day	All day
Location	Holding Pond
Size	12.2 cm
Shadow size	Small
Rarity	Common Rare (Pocket Camp)
Selling price	200 Bells 250 Bells (PAL Wild World)
Appearances	Doubutsu no Mori+, Animal Crossing, Doubutsu no Mori e+, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Animal Crossing: City Folk, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

The Crawfish (ザリガニ, Zarigani) is a common crustacean found in the Holding Pond from April to the middle of September, found at any time of the day. Despite its crustacean species, it is classified as a fish. It is worth 200 Bells.

Donating to the Museum

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

In Animal Crossing

"This diminutive fellow is a relative of the lobster. It's 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

"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

"...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

"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."

Encyclopedia information

Wild World

''When threatened, they cut their legs off, but these grow back when they molt." Size- 11.9 cm Habitat- Ponds Season- Spring and summer

City Folk

''These lobster relatives are known to propagate quickly." Size- About 12 cm Habitat- Ponds Season- Spring to fall

Further information

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.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Spanish	Cangrejo de río	Literally, "river crab".
French	Ecrevisse