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Giant snakehead
Image gallery
Real-world info
Name:Channa argus (Northern snakehead) Family:Channidae(snakeheads)
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
Film HHD aF PC
Names in other languages  ライギョ  黑鱼  鱧魚  가물치  Tête-de-serpent  Tête-de-serpent  Pez cabeza de serpiente  Pez cabeza de serpiente  Pesce serpente  Змееголов  Schlangenkopf  Rode slangenkopvis

Thegiant snakehead^{[nb 1]} is a fish in theAnimal Crossing series introduced inDoubutsu no Mori. In games prior toAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, it appears inrivers; inNew Horizons, it instead appears inponds. It appears as a large shadow from 9 AM to 4 PM exclusively duringsummer.

Catch details[edit]

InAnimal Crossing[edit]

#16

"I caught a giant snakehead! Yup! A giant snakehead. Who names these things?"

DnM /iQue

DnM+

AC

DnMe+

Time of year[nb 2]	Jun – Aug
Time of day	9 AM – 4 PM
Location	Lake
Shadow size	Very large
Selling price	6,500Bells
Feng shui	None
Furniture size

InWild World[edit]

#17

"I caught a giant snakehead! ACK! It's got a huge head!"

Description	Their name comes from their snakelike look. Their teeth are strong, so watch your fingers.
Time of year	June - August
Time of day	9 AM – 4 PM
Peak times	July - August
Location	River pool
Shadow size	Large
Fish size	80 cm
Selling price	5,500Bells
Furniture size

InCity Folk[edit]

#17

"I caught a giant snakehead! No puny snakeheads for me!"

Description	These are named for how they look. Watch your digits near those sharp teeth!
Time of year	Jun – Aug
Time of day	9 AM – 4 PM
Peak times	N/A
Location	River pool
Shadow size	Huge
Fish size	About 34 in.
Selling price	5,500Bells
Furniture size

InNew Leaf[edit]

#19

"I caught a giant snakehead! But where's the rest of the snake?"

Time of year	Jun – Aug
Time of day	9 AM – 4 PM
Peak times	N/A
Location	River Pool
Shadow size	Very large
Fish size	85 cm
Selling price	5,500Bells
Furniture size

InPocket Camp[edit]

#118

Event availability	None
Location	Lost Lure Creek
Shadow size	Large
Fish size
Rarity	★★★
Catch rate	3.5907%
Selling price	4,000Bells
Request reward	1,500Bells, 3 Friendship Points Fortune Cookie(20%), Bronze Treats(30%)

InNew Horizons[edit]

#19

"I caught a giant snakehead! Um...but I asked for a medium?"

Time of year	North: Jun – Aug South: Dec – Feb
Time of day	9 AM – 4 PM
Location	Pond
Shadow size	Large
Rarity	Rare
Spawn requirement	Catch 50 total fish
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny:  5,500Bells  C.J.:  8,250Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum[edit]

Upon the players' donating the snakehead to themuseum,Blathers says the following:

InAnimal Crossing[edit]

InWild World[edit]

InCity Folk[edit]

After its donation, the giant snakehead can be found in the big, left-hand fish tank with other river fish.

InNew Leaf[edit]

InNew Horizons[edit]

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

After its donation, the giant snakehead can be found in the recessed tank in the freshwater room in the aquarium.

Fishing Tourney[edit]

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

InCity Folk[edit]

InNew Leaf[edit]

Gallery[edit]

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  Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Trivia[edit]

The player catching a spotted snakehead inAnimal Crossing, as seen in a prerelease trailer.

• A prerelease trailer forAnimal Crossing shows that the giant snakehead was originally called the spotted snakehead. Its catch quote is also different, being "Yup! First I spotted it, then I caughted it!" rather than "Yup! A giant snakehead. Who names these things?"

Real-world information[edit]

A real giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes)

The giant snakehead is the largest in the family Channidae, capable of growing to over one meter in length (three feet) and a weight of over 20 kilograms (40 pounds). They are voracious generalist predators, and will eat any small animal they can overpower, including other fish, crustaceans, insects, amphibians, molluscs and occasionally small terrestrial vertebrates. Snakeheads practice brood care and both parents will swim alongside and guard their young for weeks after hatching. Despite being labeled as such, the in-game giant snakehead is modeled after the northern snakehead (Channa argus) rather than the true giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes). The northern snakehead is also a very large fish albeit slightly smaller than the giant, growing up to a metre in length.

Names in other languages[edit]

	ライギョ raigyo	"Thunder fish"
	가물치 gamulchi	(Northern) snakehead
	黑鱼 hēiyú / lǐyú	"Black fish" / Snakehead
	鱧魚 Unknown
	Змееголов Zmeyegolov	(Northern) snakehead
	Rode slangekopvis	Red snakehead
	Schlangenkopf	Snakehead
	Cabeza serpiente Pez cabeza de serpiente	Lit. "snake head" "Snake-headed fish"
	Gobie géant Tête-de-serpentNH	Giant goby Lit. "snake head"
	Pesce serpente	"Snake fish"

Notes[edit]

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