Firefly squid

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	Firefly squid

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Real-world info

Name:Watasenia scintillans
Family:Enoploteuthidae

Main appearances

Other appearances

Names in other languages

ホタルイカ

萤火鱿

Calmar luciole

Calamar luciérnaga

Calamaro lucciola

Сверкающий кальмар

반딧불오징어

螢火魷

Calmar luciole

Calamar luciérnaga

Leuchtkalmar

Vuurvliegpijlinktvis

Thefirefly squid is asea creature introduced in theAnimal Crossing: New Horizons 1.3.0Free Summer Update in July 2020. It appears from 9 PM to 4 AM as a tiny, slow shadow fromspring to earlysummer. It, thespiny lobster, and thehorseshoe crab are the only three sea creatures in the game to appear exclusively during the 9 PM to 4 AM timeframe.

Catch details[edit]

InNew Horizons[edit]

#23

"I got a firefly squid! More like a glowswim squid."

Time of year	North: Mar – Jun South: Sep – Dec
Time of day	9 PM – 4 AM
Shadow size	Tiny
Shadow movement	Slow
Spawn requirement	Appears from the start of the game
Selling price	1,400Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum[edit]

Blathers will say the following when given a firefly squid:

"The firefly squid is a wee migratory squid that barely reaches three inches in length. And though they usually live in deep water, they do venture to the coast to spawn. Like their firefly namesakes, these sparkling squid emit a blue bioluminescent glow. This glow may be used to threaten enemies, communicate with friends, or, perhaps, to lure food in. Truth be told, we do not know for sure why the firefly squid glows. We remain in the dark, as they say."

Once donated to the museum, the firefly squid is displayed in the deep sea area of the fish exhibit alongside thespider crab.