Fish (New Horizons)

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A pop-eyed goldfish caught in New Horizons.

In New Horizons, the total number of fish is 80, up from 72 in New Leaf.
New fish include the mahi-mahi, ranchu goldfish, snapping turtle, tilapia, betta, golden trout, rainbowfish, sturgeon, anchovy, suckerfish, and the barreleye.
Dropped fish include the barbel steed, eel, and the rainbow trout.

Fish with the River (Mouth) location can be found where the ocean meets the river on your island’s shoreline.
Fish with the River (Clifftop) location can be found in rivers on elevated cliff areas of an island.
To view by month, go to the monthly fish list for New Horizons.

• Northern Hemisphere
• Southern Hemisphere

Name Image Price Location Shadow size Time Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Bitterling 900 River 1 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Pale chub 200 River 1 9am - 4pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Crucian carp 160 River 2 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Dace 240 River 3 4pm - 9am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Carp 300 Pond 4 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Koi 4,000 Pond 4 4pm - 9am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Goldfish 1,300 Pond 1 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Pop-eyed goldfish 1,300 Pond 1 9am - 4pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Ranchu goldfish 4,500 Pond 2 9am - 4pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Killifish 300 Pond 1 All day - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - Crawfish 200 Pond 2 All day - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Soft-shelled turtle 3,750 River 4 4pm - 9am - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - Snapping Turtle 5,000 River 4 9pm - 4am - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Tadpole 100 Pond 1 All day - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - Frog 120 Pond 2 All day - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - Freshwater goby 400 River 2 4pm - 9am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Loach 400 River 2 All day - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - Catfish 800 Pond 4 4pm - 9am - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Giant snakehead 5,500 Pond 4 9am - 4pm - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - Bluegill 180 River 2 9am - 4pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Yellow perch 300 River 3 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Black bass 400 River 4 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Tilapia 800 River 3 All day - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Pike 1,800 River 5 All day - - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Pond smelt 400 River 2 All day ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - ✓ Sweetfish 900 River 3 All day - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Cherry salmon 1,000 River (Clifftop) 3 4pm - 9am - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - Char 3,800 River (Clifftop) Pond 3 4pm - 9am (Mar-Jun) All day (Sep-Nov) - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - Golden trout 15,000 River (Clifftop) 3 4pm - 9am - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - Stringfish 15,000 River (Clifftop) 5 4pm - 9am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ Salmon 700 River (Mouth) 4 All day - - - - - - - - ✓ - - - King salmon 1,800 River (Mouth) 5 All day - - - - - - - - ✓ - - - Mitten crab 2,000 River 2 4pm - 9am - - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - Guppy 1,300 River 1 9am - 4pm - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Nibble fish 1,500 River 1 9am - 4pm - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Angelfish 3,000 River 2 4pm - 9am - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Betta 2,500 River 2 9am - 4pm - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Neon tetra 500 River 1 9am - 4pm - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Rainbowfish 800 River 1 9am - 4pm - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Piranha 2,500 River 2 9am - 4pm & 9pm - 4am - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Arowana 10,000 River 4 4pm - 9am - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Dorado 15,000 River 5 4am - 9pm - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Gar 6,000 Pond 5 4pm - 9am - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Arapaima 10,000 River 6 4pm - 9am - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Saddled bichir 4,000 River 4 9pm - 4am - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Sturgeon 10,000 River (Mouth) 6 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Sea butterfly 1,000 Sea 1 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ Sea horse 1,100 Sea 1 All day - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Clown fish 650 Sea 1 All day - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Surgeonfish 1,000 Sea 2 All day - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Butterfly fish 1,000 Sea 2 All day - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Napoleonfish 10,000 Sea 6 4am - 9pm - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Zebra turkeyfish 500 Sea 3 All day - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Blowfish 5,000 Sea 3 9pm - 4am ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Puffer fish 250 Sea 3 All day - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Anchovy 200 Sea 2 4am - 9pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Horse mackerel 150 Sea 2 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Barred knifejaw 5,000 Sea 3 All day - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Sea bass 400 Sea 5 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Red snapper 3,000 Sea 4 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Dab 300 Sea 3 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Olive flounder 800 Sea 5 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Squid 500 Sea 3 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - ✓ Moray eel 2,000 Sea Narrow All day - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Ribbon eel 600 Sea Narrow All day - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Tuna 7,000 Pier 6 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Blue marlin 10,000 Pier 6 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - ✓ ✓ Giant trevally 4,500 Pier 5 All day - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Mahi-mahi 6,000 Pier 5 All day - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Ocean sunfish 4,000 Sea 6 (Fin) 4am - 9pm - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Ray 3,000 Sea 5 4am - 9pm - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Saw shark 12,000 Sea 6 (Fin) 4pm - 9am - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Hammerhead shark 8,000 Sea 6 (Fin) 4pm - 9am - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Great white shark 15,000 Sea 6 (Fin) 4pm - 9am - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Whale shark 13,000 Sea 6 (Fin) All day - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Suckerfish 1,500 Sea 6 (Fin) All day - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Football fish 2,500 Sea 4 4pm - 9am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Oarfish 9,000 Sea 6 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ Barreleye 15,000 Sea 2 9pm - 4am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Coelacanth 15,000 Sea (Rain) 6 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Name Image Price Location Shadow size Time Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Bitterling 900 River 1 All day - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Pale chub 200 River 1 9am - 4pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Crucian carp 160 River 2 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Dace 240 River 3 4pm - 9am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Carp 300 Pond 4 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Koi 4,000 Pond 4 4pm - 9am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Goldfish 1,300 Pond 1 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Pop-eyed goldfish 1,300 Pond 1 9am - 4pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Ranchu goldfish 4,500 Pond 2 9am - 4pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Killifish 300 Pond 1 All day ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Crawfish 200 Pond 2 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Soft-shelled turtle 3,750 River 4 4pm - 9am - ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - Snapping turtle 5,000 River 5 9pm - 4am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Tadpole 100 Pond 1 All day ✓ - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Frog 120 Pond 2 All day ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Freshwater goby 400 River 2 4pm - 9am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Loach 400 River 2 All day - - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - Catfish 800 Pond 4 4pm - 9am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Giant snakehead 5,500 Pond 5 9am - 4pm ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - ✓ Bluegill 180 River 2 9am - 4pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Yellow perch 300 River 3 All day - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Black bass 400 River 4 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Tilapia 800 River 3 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - ✓ Pike 1,800 River 5 All day - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - Pond smelt 500 River 2 All day - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - Sweetfish 900 River 3 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - Cherry salmon 1,000 River (Clifftop) 3 All day - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Char 3,800 River (Clifftop) Pond 3 4pm - 9am (Sep-Dec) All day (Mar-May) - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Golden trout 15,000 River (Clifftop) 3 4pm - 9am - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - Stringfish 15,000 River (Clifftop) 5 4pm - 9am - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Salmon 700 River (Mouth) 4 All day - - ✓ - - - - - - - - - King salmon 1,800 River (Mouth) 6 All day - - ✓ - - - - - - - - - Mitten crab 2,000 River 2 4pm - 9am - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - Guppy 1,300 River 1 9am - 4pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Nibble fish 1,500 River 1 9am - 4pm ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Angelfish 3,000 River 2 4pm - 9am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Betta 2,500 River 2 9am - 4pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Neon tetra 500 River 1 9am - 4pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Rainbowfish 800 River 1 9am - 4pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Piranha 2,500 River 2 9am - 4pm & 9pm - 4am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ Arowana 10,000 River 4 4pm - 9am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ Dorado 15,000 River 5 4am - 9pm ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ Gar 6,000 Pond 6 4pm - 9am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ Arapaima 10,000 River 6 4pm - 9am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ Saddled bichir 4,000 River 4 9pm - 4am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ Sturgeon 10,000 River (Mouth) 6 All day - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Sea butterfly 1000 Sea 1 All day - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Sea horse 1,100 Sea 1 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Clown fish 650 Sea 1 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Surgeonfish 1,000 Sea 2 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Butterfly fish 1,000 Sea 2 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Napoleonfish 10,000 Sea 6 4am - 9pm ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Zebra turkeyfish 500 Sea 3 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Blowfish 5,000 Sea 3 9pm - 4am - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - Puffer fish 250 Sea 3 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - Anchovy 200 Sea 2 4am - 9pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Horse mackerel 150 Sea 2 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Barred knifejaw 5,000 Sea 3 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Sea bass 400 Sea 5 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Red snapper 3,000 Sea 4 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Dab 300 Sea 3 All day - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Olive flounder 800 Sea 5 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Squid 500 Sea 3 All day ✓ ✓ - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Moray eel 2,000 Sea 8 All day - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - Ribbon eel 600 Sea 8 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - ✓ Tuna 7,000 Pier 6 All day - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Blue marlin 10,000 Pier 6 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Giant trevally 4,500 Pier 5 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Mahi-mahi 6,000 Pier 5 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Ocean sunfish 4,000 Sea 7 4am - 9pm ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - Ray 3,000 Sea 5 4am - 9pm - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - Saw shark 12,000 Sea 7 4pm - 9am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ Hammerhead shark 8,000 Sea 7 4pm - 9am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ Great white shark 15,000 Sea 7 4pm - 9am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ Whale shark 13,000 Sea 7 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ Suckerfish 1,500 Sea 7 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ Football fish 2,500 Sea 4 4pm - 9am - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Oarfish 9,000 Sea 6 All day - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Barreleye 15,000 Sea 2 9pm - 4am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Coelacanth 15,000 Sea (Rain) 6 All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓