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Coelacanth
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Real-world info
Name:Latimeria chalumnae (West Indian Ocean coelacanth) Family:Latimeriidae(coelacanths)
Main appearances
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Other appearances
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Names in other languages  シーラカンス  矛尾鱼  Cœlacanthe  Celacanto  Celacanto  Латимерия  실러캔스  矛尾魚  Cœlacanthe  Celacanto  Quastenflosser  Coelacant

Thecoelacanth (pronouncedˈsiː.lə.kænθ, "see-luh-canth") is aseafish in theAnimal Crossing series that appears in all games. It appears year-round, under specific weather conditions. InDoubutsu no Mori+,Animal Crossing,Doubutsu no Mori e+, andAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, the coelacanth only appears when it israining. InDoubutsu no Mori,Animal Crossing: Wild World,Animal Crossing: City Folk, andAnimal Crossing: New Leaf, the coelacanth can appear when it is either raining orsnowing. The coelacanth is very rare and sells for 15,000Bells; its rarity is noted by the player in thecatch quotes for all games. InNew Horizons, the player can usefish bait to lure the coelacanth. This causes the typically rare fish to become much more common.

Catch details[edit]

InAnimal Crossing[edit]

InDoubutsu no Mori, the coelacanth is the only saltwater fish. It is also available at different times (4 AM to 9 AM and 4 PM to 9 PM) than inDoubutsu no Mori+,Animal Crossing, andDoubutsu no Mori e+.

InDoubutsu no Mori only, the coelacanth can appear during rain or snow; in all theGameCube games, it can only appear during rain. Despite its availability being all year, due to the rain requirement, the coelacanth can never spawn on days where there isno chance of rain (or, inDoubutsu no Mori, no chance of rain or snow).

InDoubutsu no Mori e+, the coelacanth can only be encountered once per play session, even if the player fails to catch it. Saving and quitting and/or restarting the console will allow another encounter.

#32

"Would you look at that! I caught a living fossil! I didn't know they really existed!"

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Time of year[nb 1]	All year
Time of day	4 PM – 9 AM[nb 2]
Location	Sea (raining)[nb 3]
Shadow size	Very large
Selling price	15,000Bells
Feng shui	Special
Furniture size

InWild World[edit]

#56

"Woah Woah Woah! I caught a living fossil! Amazing! What were you doing down there?"

Description	Nocturnal. Their fins look like feet. Unlike other fish, they crawl to swim.
Time of year	All year
Time of day	4 PM – 9 AM
Peak times	N/A
Location	Sea (raining or snowing)
Shadow size	Very large
Fish size	150 cm
Selling price	15,000Bells
Furniture size

InCity Folk[edit]

#64

"A coelacanth? I caught a living fossil! Amazing! Who knew these things were still around?"

Description	Called "living fossils," these can grow as big as people.
Time of year	All year
Time of day	4 PM – 9 AM
Peak times	N/A
Location	Sea (raining or snowing)
Shadow size	Huge
Fish size	About 60 in.
Selling price	15,000Bells
Furniture size

InNew Leaf[edit]

#72

"Holy fish sticks! I caught a coelacanth! Am I saying it right?"

Time of year	All year
Time of day	4 PM – 9 AM
Peak times	N/A
Location	Sea (raining or snowing)
Shadow size	Huge
Fish size	150 cm
Selling price	15,000Bells
Furniture size

InPocket Camp[edit]

#57

Availability (Pocket Camp Complete)	Fall, WinterUnknown
Availability (Pocket Camp)	Not currently available 2019-02-18 – 2019-02-25(Fishing Tourney #11: Pink Crystal) 2019-08-20 – 2019-12-27 2020-09-09 – 2020-12-28 2021-08-29 – 2021-12-24 2022-09-19 – 2022-12-26 2023-09-15 – 2023-12-26
Location	Saltwater Shores
Shadow size	Huge
Size	125.3 cm – 174.7 cm
Rarity	★★★
Selling price	2,500Bells
Version added	Unknown
Villager gift data	Tier: 3 (Uncommon+) Rewards:  1,500Bells Fortune cookie (20%) +3 Friendship points

InNew Horizons[edit]

Although theCritterpediaNookPhone app inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons states that the coelacanth is available all year, it is unobtainable between the dates ofNov 15th-Feb 24th in the northernhemisphere andMay 26th-Aug 24th in the southern hemisphere, due to rain being replaced with snow during those dates.

#80

"Blast from the past! I caught a coelacanth! Think positive! Be a coela-CAN!"

Time of year	North: All year[nb 4] South: All year[nb 5]
Time of day	All day
Location	Sea (raining)
Shadow size	Huge
Rarity	Rare
Spawn requirement	Catch 100 total fish
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny:  15,000Bells  C.J.:  22,500Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum[edit]

As with all fish in theAnimal Crossing series, the coelacanth can be donated to themuseum, followed by a small talk byBlathers about it.

InAnimal Crossing[edit]

InWild World[edit]

InCity Folk[edit]

InNew Leaf[edit]

Once the coelacanth is donated, there is information on the board in front of the tank that houses it.

InNew Horizons[edit]

When donating to Blathers or selecting "Tell me about this!" inNew Horizons, he will provide the following information about the fish:

When donated, the coelacanth can be found in the north-eastern-most room of the fish exhibit, in the "sea" tank which is near the submersible and diving suit. It shares this tank with thebarreleye,football fish, andoarfish.

Fishing Tourney[edit]

During aFishing Tourney, when given a coelacanth,Chip will say the following dialogue.

InCity Folk[edit]

InNew Leaf[edit]

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Real-world information[edit]

A real-life coelacanth

The coelacanth is an ancient order of fish that was for a long time believed to be extinct due to its disappearance from the fossil record 66 million years ago. The first ever live coelacanth was caught in 1938. It grows up to two meters in length and is estimated to live up to 100 years, with the oldest known member of the species being 84. Coelacanths are found off the east and south coast of Africa, living in steep rocky shores and sheltering in caves during the day. It can travel up to around eight kilometers a night in search for food, passively swimming with the current making it a "slow-moving" fish that only uses its fins to adjust its position. It mainly preys on small fish, andsquid.More information on this topic is available atWikipedia.

Trivia[edit]

• InAnimal Crossing: City Folk, if the player gives a coelacanth toWendell, he refuses to take it, saying his mother told him to not eat them. This could be due to their rarity, or due to the fact that they are inedible fish in the real world.

Names in other languages[edit]

	シーラカンス Shīrakansu	Coelacanth
	실러캔스 Silleokaenseu	Coelacanth
	矛尾鱼 máowěiyú	Coelacanth （lit. "spear-tailed fish")
	矛尾魚 maau4mei5 jyu2	Coelacanth (lit. "speartail fish")
	Латимерия Latimeriya	From scientific name
	Coelacant	Coelacanth
	Quastenflosser	Coelacanth
	Celacanto	Coelacanth
	Cœlacanthe	Coelacanth
	Coelacante Celacanto (NL)	Coelacanth

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