Stringfish
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| Name: Parahucho perryi (stringfish) Family: Salmonidae (salmons and trouts) | ||||||
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Names in other languages
イトウ
일본연어 Taimen Huchen
远东哲罗鱼
Dai yu Taimén Donauzalm
遠東哲羅魚 Dai yu Taimén Таймень | ||||||
The Stringfish (イトウ, Itō) is a freshwater fish in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Doubutsu no Mori. It is tied with the Dorado as the most valuable freshwater fish in the Animal Crossing series, selling for 15,000 Bells.
Catch details
In Animal Crossing
In Wild World
In City Folk
"OH MY GOSH! I caught a stringfish! This is AWESOME! ♪"
In New Leaf
In Pocket Camp
Friendship Points
In New Horizons
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the Stringfish is a lucky item during winter, meaning it gives a 777-point Happy Home Academy bonus when placed in the player's house.
"OH MY GOSH! I caught a stringfish! Five more and I'll have a guitarfish!"
| Time of year | North: Dec – Mar South: Jun – Sep |
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| Time of day | 4 PM – 9 AM |
| Location | River (clifftop) |
| Shadow size | X-Large |
| Spawn requirement | Catch 100 total fish |
| Selling prices |  Nook's Cranny:  15,000 Bells C.J.: 22,500 Bells
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Donating to the museum
In Animal Crossing
After donating the Stringfish, Blathers will make the following remarks:
"Hoo! Indeed, WOO hoo! This is an extremely rare fish, I'll have you know! I'm absolutely agog! If I may hazard a guess, this must have been the most difficult fish to catch yet! I almost can't believe it! To think, you're donating such a rare find to us... Allow me to commend you on your matchless generosity. We've been saving a place just for this day, wot wot! Have faith, this fish will be thoroughly treasured!"
In Wild World
Blathers will tell the player the following about the Stringfish upon its donation to the museum:
"I've heard it said that this fish is actually very high in fat content... If such words are true, then whatever possessed someone to name it that? If you were to call a portly fellow "stringy", well... Madness would ensue!"
The Stringfish can then be seen swimming about in the first freshwater tank.
In City Folk
After donating the Stringfish, Blathers will impart his knowledge of the fish to the player:
"...Stringfish are hardy creatures that can live for up to 15 years with ease! These older fish grow to remarkable sizes actually... One fish even made it to a gargantuan 80 inches (2 meters)! At that size, perhaps we should call it the king of the river! No wonder it looks so serene, eh wot?"
The Stringfish can be found in the middle-left tank in the aquarium.
Fishing Tourney
Chip will not eat this fish as an entry for the Fishing Tourney. He will mention that it is too special to eat as it is. He will accept it as an entry and will measure it as usual.
In New Leaf
The following information will be displayed by its tank:
"Stringfish live in cold rivers, can grow to over a yard long, and are stout and bulky like logs. They live up to 20 years but grow so slowly that it takes them 15 years to reach full maturity. They are called "phantom fish" because there are so few of them. Adults are particularly hard to find."
The Stringfish can be found in the larger of the two left-hand tanks in the freshwater fish room.
In New Horizons
"The stringfish grows slowly, but also lives quite a long time for a fish, with up to 15 years being typical. Consequently, while it takes a while, they can get quite large-perhaps even up to six feet long! The stringfish is perhaps the best embodiment in the fish world of 'slow and steady wins the race.'"
The Stringfish can be found in the middle waterfall tank in the freshwater fish room.
Gallery
Animal Crossing
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Real-world information
The Parahucho perryi is one of the largest, most ancient type of salmon species which inhabits the lower to middle reaches of lakes and rivers. It is Critically Endangered. Females lay between 2,000 - 10,000 eggs each time on sandy/gravelly river bottoms, most of them do not hatch. The fish can be found in areas of the Northwest Pacific, namely the Sakhalin Island (Russia, where it gets the name Sakhalin taimen), the Island of Hokkaidō (Japan) and parts of the far eastern Russian mainland.
Names in other languages
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イトウ itō |
Stringfish |
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일본연어 ilbonyeoneo |
"Japanese salmon" |
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远东哲罗鱼 yuǎndōng zhéluóyú |
Stringfish (lit. "Far East taimen") |
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遠東哲羅魚 Unknown |
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Таймень Taymen' |
Taimen |
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Donauzalm | Huchen/Danube salmon, a related species |
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Huchen | Huchen/Danube salmon, a related species |
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Taimén | Taimen |
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Dai yu | Stringfish |
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Sperlano Taimen (New Horizons) |
Smelt Taimen |
More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.
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