King salmon
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Name: Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (king salmon) Family: Salmonidae (salmons and trouts) | ||||||||
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Names in other languages
キングサーモン
帝王鲑 Saumon roi Salmón real Salmone reale Чавыча
왕연어 帝王鮭 Saumon royal Salmón real Königslachs Chinookzalm |
The king salmon[nb 1] is a freshwater fish in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Animal Crossing: Wild World. It appears throughout the day exclusively during the first month of fall. In games prior to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it appears as a huge shadow and can be found at the river mouth during the first half of the month, and in the river during the second half of the month. In New Horizons, it appears a very large shadow and remains exclusively in the river mouth for the entire month.
Catch details[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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Shadow size | Huge |
Size | 113.7 cm – 166.3 cm |
Rarity | ★★★ |
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Version added | Unknown |
Villager gift data | Tier: 4 (Rare)
Rewards:
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In New Horizons[edit]
Time of year | North: Sep South: Mar |
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Time of day | All day |
Location | River (mouth) |
Shadow size | Very large |
Rarity | Uncommon |
Spawn requirement | Catch 20 total fish |
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Donating to the museum[edit]
As with all fish in the Animal Crossing series, the king salmon can be donated to the museum by talking to Blathers, who will follow up the donation with a small talk about it.
In Wild World[edit]
Blathers will say this upon the donation:
After donation, the king salmon can be found in the top-most tank.
In City Folk[edit]
After donation, the king salmon can be found in the middle-right tank.
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:
Once donated to the museum, the king salmon can be found in the lower level of the waterfall tank with the sturgeon and mitten crab.
Fishing Tourney[edit]
During a Fishing Tourney, when given a king salmon, Chip will say the following dialogue.
In City Folk[edit]
In New Leaf[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Real-world information[edit]
This fish, also known as the Chinook Salmon, is very large, often growing to be over 34 kg (75 lbs). They are very beautiful and are known to be very good fighters when fishing. Once in a while they grow to be over 43 kg (95 lbs) and 1.8 m (6 ft), but the majority are 60–90 cm (2–3 ft) and 14 kg to 18 kg (30 to 40 lbs). They are native to the Pacific coast from Alaska to California, and Argentina to Chile. They are also found in great numbers in Israel, the Great Lakes, along with the Rocky Mountains, notably Lake Michigan where the record is 20 kg (45 lbs) from Illinois.
Names in other languages[edit]
キングサーモン kingu sāmon |
King salmon | |
왕연어 wang-yeon-eo |
King salmon | |
帝王鲑 dìwángguī |
King salmon | |
帝王鮭 Unknown |
King salmon | |
Чавыча Chavycha |
Chinook salmon | |
Chinookzalm | Chinook salmon | |
Königslachs | King salmon | |
Salmón real | Royal salmon | |
Saumon Roi | King salmon | |
Saumon royal | Royal salmon | |
Salmone reale | Royal salmon |
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