Giant snakehead
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Name: Channa argus (Northern snakehead) Family: Channidae (snakeheads) | ||||||||
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Names in other languages
ライギョ 黑鱼 鱧魚 가물치 Tête-de-serpent Tête-de-serpent Pez cabeza de serpiente Pez cabeza de serpiente Pesce serpente Змееголов Schlangenkopf Rode slangenkopvis |
The giant snakehead[nb 1] is a fish in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Doubutsu no Mori. In games prior to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it appears in rivers; in New Horizons, it instead appears in ponds. It appears as a large shadow from 9 AM to 4 PM exclusively during summer.
Catch details[edit]
In Animal Crossing[edit]
In Wild World[edit]
Description | Their name comes from their snakelike look. Their teeth are strong, so watch your fingers. |
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Time of year | June - August |
Time of day | 9 AM – 4 PM |
Peak times | July - August |
Location | River pool |
Shadow size | Large |
Fish size | 80 cm |
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In City Folk[edit]
Description | These are named for how they look. Watch your digits near those sharp teeth! |
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Time of year | Jun – Aug |
Time of day | 9 AM – 4 PM |
Peak times | N/A |
Location | River pool |
Shadow size | Huge |
Fish size | About 34 in. |
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In New Leaf[edit]
Time of year | Jun – Aug |
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Time of day | 9 AM – 4 PM |
Peak times | N/A |
Location | River Pool |
Shadow size | Very large |
Fish size | 85 cm |
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In Pocket Camp[edit]
In New Horizons[edit]
Time of year | North: Jun – Aug South: Dec – Feb |
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Time of day | 9 AM – 4 PM |
Location | Pond |
Shadow size | Large |
Rarity | Rare |
Spawn requirement | Catch 50 total fish |
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Donating to the museum[edit]
Upon the players' donating the snakehead to the museum, Blathers says the following:
In Animal Crossing[edit]
In Wild World[edit]
In City Folk[edit]
After its donation, the giant snakehead can be found in the big, left-hand fish tank with other river fish.
In New Leaf[edit]
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:
After its donation, the giant snakehead can be found in the recessed tank in the freshwater room in the aquarium.
Fishing Tourney[edit]
During a Fishing Tourney, when given a giant snakehead, Chip will say the following dialogue.
In City Folk[edit]
In New Leaf[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Trivia[edit]
![](https://dodo.ac/np/images/thumb/0/0d/Caught_Giant_Snakehead_PG_Early.png/250px-Caught_Giant_Snakehead_PG_Early.png)
- A prerelease trailer for Animal Crossing shows that the giant snakehead was originally called the spotted snakehead. Its catch quote is also different, being "Yup! First I spotted it, then I caughted it!" rather than "Yup! A giant snakehead. Who names these things?"
Real-world information[edit]
The giant snakehead is the largest in the family Channidae, capable of growing to over one meter in length (three feet) and a weight of over 20 kilograms (40 pounds). They are voracious generalist predators, and will eat any small animal they can overpower, inlcuding other fish, crustaceans, insects, amphibians, molluscs and occasionally small terrestrial vertebrates. Snakeheads practice brood care and both parents will swim alongside and guard their young for weeks after hatching. Despite being labeled as such, the in-game giant snakehead is modeled after the northern snakehead (Channa argus) rather than the true giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes). The northern snakehead is also a very large fish albeit slightly smaller than the giant, growing up to a metre in length.
Names in other languages[edit]
ライギョ raigyo |
"Thunder fish" | |
가물치 gamulchi |
(Northern) snakehead | |
黑鱼 hēiyú / lǐyú |
"Black fish" / Snakehead | |
鱧魚 Unknown |
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Змееголов Zmeyegolov |
(Northern) snakehead | |
Rode slangekopvis | Red snakehead | |
Schlangenkopf | Snakehead | |
Cabeza serpiente Pez cabeza de serpiente |
Lit. "snake head" "Snake-headed fish" | |
Gobie géant Tête-de-serpent NH |
Giant goby Lit. "snake head" | |
Pesce serpente | "Snake fish" |
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