Loach

Loach
Loach
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Real-world info
	Name: Misgurnus anguillicaudatus; (pond loach); Family: Cobitidae (true loaches)
Main appearances
	DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue; WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
	Film HHD aF PC
	Names in other languages ドジョウ; 미꾸라지; Cobite; Bachschmerle 泥鳅; Loche d'étang; Locha; Modderkruiper 泥鰍; Loche d'étang; Locha; Вьюн

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The Loach is a river fish in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Doubutsu no Mori.

Catch details

In Animal Crossing

#11

"I caught a loach! You don't suppose it's Hylian, do you?"

DnM / iQue

DnM+

AC

DnMe+

Time of year^{[nb 1]}	Mar – May
Time of day	All day
Location	River
Shadow size	Tiny
Selling price	300 Bells
Feng shui	None
Furniture size

In Wild World

#14

"I caught a loach! I'm in the loach coach!"

Description	Sucker-shaped mouths help them bottom-feed. To control their vertical position in the water, they inhale air and pass gas. Shocking!
Time of year	Unknown
Time of day	Unknown
Peak times	Mar – Apr
Location	River
Shadow size	Tiny
Fish size	20 cm
Selling price	300 Bells
Furniture size

In City Folk

#14

"I caught a loach! Don't encroach on my loach!"

Description	These use their whiskers to taste the environment and search for food.
Time of year	Mar – May
Time of day	All day
Peak times	N/A
Location	River
Shadow size	Medium
Fish size	About 8 in.
Selling price	300 Bells
Furniture size

In New Leaf

#16

""I caught a loach! It wasn't hard to approach!""

Time of year	Mar – May
Time of day	All day
Peak times	Mar – Apr: 9 AM – 4 PM
Location	River
Shadow size	Small
Fish size	20 cm
Selling price	300 Bells
Furniture size

In Pocket Camp

#16

Event availability	None
Location	Lost Lure Creek
Shadow size	Small
Fish size	16.7 cm - 23.3 cm
Rarity	★★★
Catch rate	Cannot be caught at this time.
Selling price	1,500 Bells
Request reward	1,500 Bells, 3 Friendship Points Fortune Cookie (20%), Bronze Treats (20%)

In New Horizons

#17

"I caught a loach! It's...looking at me with reproach."

Time of year	North: Mar – May South: Sep – Nov
Time of day	All day
Location	River
Shadow size	Small
Spawn requirement	Appears from the start of the game
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny: 400 Bells C.J.: 600 Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum

The Loach can be donated to the museum by talking to Blathers. During the donation, Blathers will say the following about the Loach:

In Wild World

"When I hear loach, I think of a friend of mine who makes smoothies of them. It sounds repellent, I know and to be honest, it is. Hop I say! The stench!"

In City Folk

"The loach is a slippery, somewhat vile-looking fish...but in truth, it can be quite useful, wot? For ages, some cultures used the loach as a poison treatment. It also tastes great in a hot pot... A bit of wisdom for the day, eh wot? One must never judge a person, or a fish, by its appearance..."

In New Leaf

"Loaches are rather small fish that make their habitats in rivers and muddy water. They have 10 whiskers around their mouths with taste buds built in for tasting sweetness and bitterness. Loaches can breathe through their intestines as well as their gills―a rather unique quality of the species. They push their mouths above the surface of the water to inhale, exhaling through their tail regions. Making stew with loaches and burdock root is known to improve stamina, or so people believe."

The Loach can be found in the leftmost tank of the freshwater fish room.

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:

"Loaches are a large group of bottom-feeding freshwater fish. Because there are so many species, it is difficult to generalize about them all. The one thing they all have in common is perhaps their most unappealing trait; the name 'loach.' Repellent, isn't it? They should have just called it the 'cockloach' and been done with it, eh wot! Loach...loach... It just tastes terrible in the beak."

The Loach can be found in the recessed tank in the freshwater room in the aquarium with the Catfish and Bluegill.

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Animal Crossing
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Real-world information

A real-life true loach

It is unclear what type of loach appears in Animal Crossing, since there are vast varieties of loaches. It is, however, a member of the Cobitidae family of loaches, called the True Loaches, which live in fast flowing waters. All true loaches are "bottom feeders," meaning they swim at the bottom of rivers and tanks eating the algae at the bottom. They also eat small crustaceans and insects, but only during the day. Under true loaches, it can be a horse-face loach which grows to roughly 20 cm (8 inch). This type of loach is a private and public aquarium favorite because of its eating habit which cleans a tank for the owner, making it easier to keep fish.

Names in other languages

	ドジョウ dojō	Loach

	미꾸라지 mikuraji	Loach

	泥鳅 níqiū	Loach

	泥鰍 Unknown

	Вьюн V'yun	Loach

	Modderkruiper	Loach

	Bachschmerle	Loach

	Locha	Loach

	Loche d'étang	Pond loach

	Cobite	Loach