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Sweetfish
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Real-world info
Name:Plecoglossus altivelis (sweetfish) Family:Plecoglossidae(sweetfishes)
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
Film HHD aF PC
Names in other languages  アユ  은어  Ayu  Ayu  香鱼  Ayu  Ayu  Ayu  香魚  Ayu  Ayu  Айю

Thesweetfish is afish in theAnimal Crossing series introduced inDoubutsu no Mori. It appears as a medium shadow that can be found inrivers all day long from midsummer to earlyfall in all games exceptAnimal Crossing: Wild World, in which it is instead found fromJuly untilAugust.

Catch details[edit]

InAnimal Crossing[edit]

#20

"I caught a sweetfish! And let me tell you, that is one SWEET fish!"

DnM /iQue

DnM+

AC

DnMe+

Time of year[nb 1]	Jul – Sep
Time of day	All day
Location	River
Shadow size	Small
Selling price	1,300Bells
Feng shui	None
Furniture size

InWild World[edit]

#22

"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	900Bells
Furniture size

InCity Folk[edit]

#23

"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	900Bells
Furniture size

InNew Leaf[edit]

#25

"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	900Bells
Furniture size

InPocket Camp[edit]

#116

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	800Bells
Request reward	1,500Bells, 3 Friendship Points Fortune Cookie(20%), Bronze Treats(30%)

InNew Horizons[edit]

#26

"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:  900Bells  C.J.:  1,350Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum[edit]

InAnimal Crossing[edit]

InWild World[edit]

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

InCity Folk[edit]

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

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:

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

Fishing Tourney[edit]

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

InCity Folk[edit]

InNew Leaf[edit]

Gallery[edit]

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  Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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]

	アユ ayu	Sweetfish
	은어 euneo	Sweetfish, lit. "silver fish"
	香鱼 xiāngyú	Sweetfish
	香魚 hoeng1 jyu4-2	Sweetfish
	Айю Ay'yu	From Japanese name
	Ayu	From Japanese name
	Ayu	From Japanese name
	Ayu	From Japanese name
	Ayu	From Japanese name
	Ayu	From Japanese name

Notes[edit]

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