Slate Pencil Urchin

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Slate Pencil Urchin
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Real-world info
Name: Heterocentrus mammillatus Family: Echinometridae
Main appearances
DnM AC e+ WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
Film HHD aF PC
Name in other languages  パイプウニ  石笔海胆  石筆海膽  연필성게  Oursin crayon  Oursin crayon  Erizo lápiz de pizarra  Erizo lápiz de pizarra  Riccio matita  Грифельный морск. еж  Griffelseeigel  Griffelzee-egel

The Slate Pencil Urchin is a type of sea creature introduced in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Catch details

In New Horizons

#7

"I got a slate pencil urchin! Its handwriting is gorgeous."

Time of year	North: May – Sep South: Nov – Mar
Time of day	4 PM – 9 AM
Shadow size	Medium
Shadow movement	Medium
Spawn requirement	Catch 20 total sea creatures
Selling price	2000 Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum

In New Horizons

When donating to the museum, Blathers will say the following:

"Slate pencil urchins are a type of sea urchin topped with thick, rounded spines that resemble sticks of chalk. These urchins' spines protect them not only from predators but from violent waves as well. Found in coral reefs, they're usually bright red, brown, or purple in color. For all those bright colors, one would think the slate pencil urchin to be quite deadly. But all those pretty colors, it seems, are just a pretty show"

The Slate Pencil Urchin is located in the coral reef tank.

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Names in other languages

	パイプウニ paipu-uni	Pipe urchin
	연필성게 yeonpilseong-ge	Pencil urchin
	石笔海胆 / 石筆海膽 shíbǐ hǎidǎn	Slate pencil urchin
	Грифельный морской еж Grifel'nyy morskoy yezh	Slate pencil urchin
	Griffelzee-egel	Slate pencil urchin
	Griffelseeigel	Slate pencil urchin
	Erizo lápiz de pizarra	Slate pencil urchin
	Oursin crayon	Pencil urchin
	Riccio matita	Pencil hedgehog (see Sea Urchin)