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Crawfish
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Real-world info
Name: Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crawfish) Family: Cambaridae (cambarid crawfishes)
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
Film HHD aF PC
Names in other languages  ザリガニ  淡水龙虾  Écrevisse  Cangrejo de río  Gambero  Рак  가재  淡水龍蝦  Écrevisse  Cangrejo de río  Flusskrebs  Rode rivierkreeft

The crawfish is a pond fish in the Animal Crossing series that first appeared in Animal Crossing. It appears as a small shadow that can be found in ponds all day long from mid spring to early fall.

Catch details

In Animal Crossing

#33

"I caught a crawfish! Check out those pincers!"

DnM / iQue

DnM+

AC

DnMe+

Time of year	Apr – Sep
Time of day	All day
Location	Pond
Shadow size	Small
Selling price	250 Bells
Feng shui	Red
Furniture size

In Wild World

#11

"I caught a crawfish! Stick that in your craw!"

Description	When threatened, they cut their legs off, but these grow back when they molt.
Time of year	Apr – Sep
Time of day	All day
Peak times	Apr – May
Location	Pond
Shadow size	Tiny
Fish size	12 cm
Selling price	200 Bells
Furniture size

In City Folk

#11

"I caught a crawfish! Don't pinch me!"

Description	These lobster relatives are known to propagate quickly.
Time of year	Apr – Sep 15
Time of day	All day
Peak times	N/A
Location	Pond
Shadow size	Small
Fish size	About 4.8 in.
Selling price	250 Bells
Furniture size

In New Leaf

#11

"I caught a crawfish! Watch those pinchers!"

Time of year	Apr – Sep 15
Time of day	All day
Peak times	N/A
Location	Pond
Shadow size	Small
Fish size	12 cm
Selling price	200 Bells
Furniture size

In Pocket Camp

#25

Availability	Currently available (since March 26, 2024) 2018-07-06 – 2019-12-27 2020-03-27 – 2020-06-29 2022-03-24 – 2022-06-23
Location	Lost Lure Creek
Shadow size	Tiny
Size	10.0 cm – 14.0 cm
Rarity	★★★
Selling price	1,000 Bells
Version added	Unknown
Villager gift data	Tier: 3 (Uncommon+) Rewards:  1,500 Bells Fortune cookie (20%) +3 Friendship points

In New Horizons

#11

"I caught a crawfish! Or else it's a lobster, and I'm a giant!"

Time of year	North: Apr – Sep South: Oct – Mar
Time of day	All day
Location	Pond
Shadow size	Small
Rarity	Common
Spawn requirement	Appears from the start of the game
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny:  200 Bells  C.J.:  300 Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum

Blathers makes these statements when the crawfish is donated to the museum.

In Animal Crossing

"This diminutive fellow is a relative of the lobster. Its pincers are small, but distressingly powerful, wot? Indeed, it delights in a little pinchy-pinchy, eh wot? We'll take pains to ensure our mutual safety."

In Wild World

"You'll find these little fellows in many pots across the southlands, I imagine. I've personally never sampled one. They look rather... insect-ish. Blech."

In City Folk

"...I don't do particularly well when around crawfish. I mean, really. Look at it. It's like a wretched insect! And those legs... Did you notice all those wiggly legs? All the better to revolt me. Hoo, and the vulgar belly, all segmented and buglike. Absolutely abhorrent!"

It can be found in the middle-left tank in City Folk.

In New Leaf

"These shrimp relatives are usually found in ponds and rivers, typically making them easy to catch. The reason for this strange habitat is that crawfish are plentiful and will eat just about anything. Eating plant material makes their bodies red, but only eating fish and meat will turn their bodies blue. A red color indicates they are eating a healthy and balanced diet, so red is the ideal for the species."

In New Horizons

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

"Ohoo! So you have found a crawfish. Neither crab nor lobster, crawfish evolved in an interesting manner. Beware their fearsome pinchy pinchers! Behold their many legs! I say! It is a big bug-like, eh wot...The more I look at it, the more unsettled I feel... Let's be done with this and never speak of it again, shall we?"

Once donated to the museum, the crawfish can be found in the recessed fish tank in the first fish exhibit with the gar and pike.

Fishing Tourney

During a Fishing Tourney, when given a crawfish, Chip will say the following dialogue.

In City Folk

"Ooh, ooh! Crawfish pan- fried with garlic butter is what I call GRUBBIN' stuff! Nyuuuk nyuk nyuk nyuk!"

In New Leaf

"Tell you what: if you boil crawfish in some salt water, you've got yourself quite a tasty meal. Me, I got no trepidations 'bout eating 'em raw. Well, here goes! YUM YUM!"

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Real-world information

A real-life crawfish.

The crawfish featured in Animal Crossing (Procambarus clarkii) is a member of one of the three largest freshwater crawfish. There are other names other than crawfish, such as crayfish, crawdads, and crawldads, known around the world in their respected territories. Crawdads are used in Louisiana's famous French Quarter as food.

Names in other languages

	ザリガニ Zarigani	Crawfish
	가재 Gajae	Crawfish
	淡水龙虾 Dànshuǐ lóngxiā	Crawfish (lit. "freshwater lobster")
	淡水龍蝦 Unknown
	Рак Rak	Crawfish
	Rode rivierkreeft	Red swamp crawfish (lit. "red river lobster")
	Flusskrebs	River crab
	Cangrejo de río	lit. "river crab"
	Écrevisse	Crawfish
	Gambero	Shrimp

Notes

Pocket Camp fish

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