Crawfish

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Artwork of crawfish
Real-world info
Name: Procambarus clarkii
(red swamp crawfish)

Family: Cambaridae (cambarid crawfishes)
Main appearances

Other appearances
Names 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

The crawfish is a pond fish in the Animal Crossing series that first appeared in Animal Crossing. It appears as a small shadow that can be found in ponds all day long from mid spring to early fall.

Catch details[edit]

In Animal Crossing[edit]

#33
Crawfish
"I caught a crawfish! Check out those pincers!"
Crawfish
Time of year[nb 1] Apr – Sep
Time of day All day
Location Pond
Shadow size Small
Selling price  250 Bells
Feng shui Red
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In Wild World[edit]

#11

Crawfish
"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 Pond
Shadow size Tiny
Fish size 12 cm
Selling price  200 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In City Folk[edit]

#11

Crawfish
"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 Pond
Shadow size Small
Fish size About 4.8 in.
Selling price  250 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In New Leaf[edit]

#11

Crawfish
"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 1.0 x 1.0


In Pocket Camp[edit]

#25

Crawfish

Availability Currently available (since March 26, 2024)
  • 2018-07-06 – 2019-12-27
  • 2020-03-27 – 2020-06-29
  • 2022-03-24 – 2022-06-23
Location Lost Lure Creek PC Map Icon.png Lost Lure Creek
Shadow size Tiny
Size 10.0 cm – 14.0 cm
Rarity ★★★
Selling price  1,000 Bells
Version added Unknown
Villager gift data Tier: 3 (Uncommon+)

Rewards:


In New Horizons[edit]

#11

Crawfish
"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
Rarity Common
Spawn requirement Appears from the start of the game
Selling prices  Nook's Cranny 200 Bells
 C.J. 300 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


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.

Fishing Tourney[edit]

During a Fishing Tourney, when given a crawfish, Chip will say the following dialogue.

In City Folk[edit]

"Ooh, ooh! Crawfish pan- fried with garlic butter is what I call GRUBBIN' stuff! Nyuuuk nyuk nyuk nyuk!"

In New Leaf[edit]

"Tell you what: if you boil crawfish in some salt water, you've got yourself quite a tasty meal. Me, I got no trepidations 'bout eating 'em raw. Well, here goes! YUM YUM!"

Gallery[edit]

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.

Names in other languages[edit]

Japanese ザリガニ
Zarigani
Crawfish

Korean 가재
Gajae
Crawfish

Simplified Chinese 淡水龙虾
Dànshuǐ lóngxiā
Crawfish (lit. "freshwater lobster")

Traditional Chinese 淡水龍蝦
Unknown

Russian Рак
Rak
Crawfish

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

German Flusskrebs River crab

European Spanish Cangrejo de río lit. "river crab"

European French Écrevisse Crawfish

Italian Gambero Shrimp

Notes[edit]

  1. 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.