Puffer fish
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Name: Diodon holocanthus (long-spined porcupinefish) Family: Diodontidae (porcupinefishes) | ||||||||
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Names in other languages
ハリセンボン
刺豚 Poisson-porc-épic Pez erizo Pesce istrice Еж-рыба
가시복 刺河豚 Poisson-porc-épic Pez erizo Igelfisch Egelvis |
The puffer fish is a fish in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Doubutsu no Mori e+ and appearing in all subsequent games. It appears as a medium shadow (small in Wild World and City Folk) in the sea all day from mid summer to early fall.
Catch details[edit]
In Doubutsu no Mori e+[edit]
In Wild World[edit]
In City Folk[edit]
In New Leaf[edit]
Time of year | Jul – Sep All year (Tortimer Island) |
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Time of day | All day |
Peak times | August |
Location | Sea Tortimer Island |
Shadow size | Medium |
Fish size | 35 cm |
Rarity | Unknown |
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In Pocket Camp[edit]
Availability (Pocket Camp Complete) |
Summer |
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Availability (Pocket Camp) |
Not currently available
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Shadow size | Medium |
Size | 29.5 cm – 40.8 cm |
Rarity | ★★ |
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Version added | Unknown |
Villager gift data | Tier: 3 (Uncommon+)
Rewards:
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In New Horizons[edit]
Time of year | North: Jul – Sep South: Jan – Mar |
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Time of day | All day |
Location | Sea |
Shadow size | Medium |
Rarity | Uncommon |
Spawn requirement | Appears from the start of the game |
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Donating to the museum[edit]
In Doubutsu no Mori e+[edit]
In Wild World[edit]
Upon donating the puffer fish to Blathers in the museum, he will say this:
As the puffer fish is donated to the museum, Blathers will say this dialogue.
In City Folk[edit]
It can be found in the back sea tank, with other sea fish. It spends time as the non-puffed fish, then will puff up and show its spines when another fish comes too close.
In New Leaf[edit]
An information board in the aquarium displays this description of the puffer fish upon donation:
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:
Fishing Tourney[edit]
During a Fishing Tourney, when given a puffer fish, Chip will say the following dialogue.
In City Folk[edit]
In New Leaf[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Real-world information[edit]
As a defense mechanism, puffers have the ability to inflate rapidly, filling their extremely elastic stomachs with water (or air when outside the water) until they are almost spherical. Thus, a predator stalking the puffers may suddenly find itself facing what seems to be a much larger fish and pause, giving the puffers an opportunity to retreat to safety. When the fish is lifted out of water, there is a risk that puffers may inflate with air. This may result in problems deflating again afterward. When this happens with aquarium specimens, the recommended course of action for fish keepers is to hold the puffer underwater by the tail, head upwards, and shake the fish gently until the air escapes out of the mouth.
Names in other languages[edit]
ハリセンボン hari-senbon |
Porcupinefish, lit. "thousand needles" | |
가시복 gasibok |
Long-spine porcupinefish, lit. "spiny porcupinefish" | |
刺豚 cìtún / cìhétún |
Lit. "spiny (river) pig". From Japanese 河豚, fugu, a delicacy prepared from poisonous pufferfish | |
刺河豚 Unknown |
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Еж-рыба Yezh-ryba |
Porcupinefish, lit. "hedgehog fish" | |
Egelvis | Porcupinefish, lit. "hedgehog fish" | |
Igelfisch | Porcupinefish, lit. "hedgehog fish" | |
Pez erizo | Porcupinefish, lit. "hedgehog fish" | |
Poisson-porc-épic | Porcupinefish | |
Pesce istrice | Porcupinefish |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ 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.
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