Sweetfish

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Sweetfish NH Icon.png Sweetfish  
Artwork of sweetfish
Real-world info
Name: Plecoglossus altivelis
(sweetfish)

Family: Plecoglossidae (sweetfishes)
Main appearances

Other appearances
Names in other languages
 アユ
 은어
 Ayu
 Ayu
 香鱼
 Ayu
 Ayu
 Ayu
 香魚
 Ayu
 Ayu
 Айю

The sweetfish is a fish in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Doubutsu no Mori. It appears as a medium shadow that can be found in rivers all day long from mid summer to early fall in all games except Animal Crossing: Wild World, in which it is instead found from July until August.

Catch details[edit]

In Animal Crossing[edit]

#20
Sweetfish
"I caught a sweetfish! And let me tell you, that is one SWEET fish!"
Sweetfish
Time of year[nb 1] Jul – Sep
Time of day All day
Location River
Shadow size Small
Selling price  1,300 Bells
Feng shui None
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In Wild World[edit]

#22

Sweetfish
"I caught sweetfish! Sweeeeet!"

Description Depending on where they're caught, their flavor can change. It's common to use sweetfish to catch sweetfish.
Time of year Jul – Aug
Time of day All day
Peak times N/A
Location River
Shadow size Small
Fish size 25 cm
Selling price  900 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In City Folk[edit]

#23

Sweetfish
"I caught a sweetfish! Deeeeelish!"

Description These taste differently, depending on the river they're caught in.
Time of year Jul – Sep 15
Time of day All day
Peak times N/A
Location River
Shadow size Medium
Fish size About 10 in.
Selling price  900 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In New Leaf[edit]

#25

Sweetfish
"I caught a sweetfish! Hmmm. I've had sweeter!"

Time of year Jul – Sep 15
Time of day All day
Peak times 9 AM – 4 PM
Location River
Shadow size Medium
Fish size 25 cm
Selling price  900 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In Pocket Camp[edit]

#116

Sweetfish

Event availability None
Location Lost Lure Creek
Shadow size Medium
Fish size 21.6 cm – 25.0 cm
Rarity ★★
Catch rate 4.4883%
Selling price  800 Bells
Request reward  1,500 Bells, 3 Heart PC Icon.png Friendship Points
Fortune Cookie (20%), Bronze Treats (30%)


In New Horizons[edit]

#26

Sweetfish
"I caught a sweetfish! Hope it's not artificially sweet!"

Time of year North: Jul – Sep
South: Jan – Mar
Time of day All day
Location River
Shadow size Medium
Rarity Common
Spawn requirement Appears from the start of the game
Selling prices  Nook's Cranny 900 Bells
 C.J. 1,350 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


Donating to the museum[edit]

In Animal Crossing[edit]

"Sweetfish appear when the days grow long, you know. Some say summer can't begin until the first one is caught. Of course, the poor dear is than eaten! Hardly a fit welcome for summer's herald! I, myself, do not eat fish. This one will be quite safe with us here. Quite safe, indeed! Hoo, I say!"

In Wild World[edit]

"This fish is hardly sweet, contrary to its name. It still tastes... fishy. Indeed, if you expect some sort of lollipop in fish-form, you will be horrified!"

The sweetfish can be found swimming near the surface in the pond aquarium in the first fish room.

In City Folk[edit]

"You can always tell where a sweetfish has been by the trail of bite marks it leaves behind, eh wot? The fish will scrape away at rocks that have food stuck to them, leaving jagged teeth marks. ...Quite wild behavior for such a refined-looking little fish, I should say!"

The sweetfish can be found in the middle-right tank in the aquarium.

In New Leaf[edit]

"Sweetfish are migratory fish born upstream that travel to the sea and then return to rivers to spawn. This migratory mind-set is what emphasizes their similarity to salmon. Adult sweetfish have a watermelon-like mossy smell when caught, since they eat moss on riverbed rocks. Sweetfish are very territorial and will attack rivals that encroach on their territory. Anglers use this combative nature against them by using lures made of other sweetfish."

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:

"Sweetfish are the damp herals of summer! These slippery fellows appear in numbers when it warms up. They hatch in a river, then swim to the sea. Once mature, they return to the river where they were born. But when they return depends on the river temperature—if it's too cold their fishing season will start later. Some even say summer can't start without sweetfish...despite the KEY role played by the earth's axial tilt!"

Once donated to the museum, the sweetfish can be found in the second tier of the waterfall fish-tank with the stringfish and freshwater goby.

Fishing Tourney[edit]

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

In City Folk[edit]

"One of my favorite things is cooking sweetfish on a stick over a campfire! Nyuuuk nyuk nyuk nyuk!"

In New Leaf[edit]

"Know what? Grilled sweetfish over a campfire is probably one of my absolute favorite things ever. Come to think of it, raw sweetfish is one of my favorite things too! YUM!"

Gallery[edit]

Real-world information[edit]

The sweetfish, or ayu, is an amphidromous fish, the only species in the genus Plecoglossus and in family Plecoglossidae. It is a relative of the smelts and is placed in the order Osmeriformes. Native to the Palearctic ecozone, it is found in rivers, lakes, and coastal waters of western Hokkaidō in Japan southward to the Korean Peninsula, China, and Taiwan. The name "sweetfish" is from the sweetness of its flesh. Regarding its typical one-year life span, it is also known as nen-gyo ("year-fish"). It is Gunma prefecture's prefectural fish.

Names in other languages[edit]

Japanese アユ
ayu
Sweetfish

Korean 은어
euneo
Sweetfish, lit. "silver fish"

Simplified Chinese 香鱼
xiāngyú
Sweetfish

Traditional Chinese 香魚
Unknown

Russian Айю
Ay'yu
From Japanese name

Dutch Ayu From Japanese name

German Ayu From Japanese name

European Spanish Ayu From Japanese name

European French Ayu From Japanese name

Italian Ayu From Japanese name

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.