Each month, some changes will be made in Animal Crossing: New Horizons to the bugs and fish that will be available to catch. All these little creatures are seasonal, meaning that they only have certain times of the year that you can catch them.
Fish Northern Hemisphere Anchovy 200 Sea 4am – 9pm Angelfish 3,000 River 4pm – 9am Arapaima 10,000 River 4pm – 9am Arowana 10,000 River 4pm – 9am Barred knifejaw 5,000 Sea All day Barreleye 15,000 Sea 9pm – 4am Betta 2,500 River 9am – 4pm Black bass 400 River All day Bluegill 180 River 9am – 4pm Butterfly fish 1,000 Sea All day Carp 300 Pond All day Catfish 800 Pond 4pm – 9am Char 3,800 River – Clifftop 4pm – 9am Cherry salmon 1,000 River – Clifftop 4pm – 9am Clown fish 650 Sea All day Coelacanth 15,000 Sea – Raining All day Crawfish 200 Pond All day Crucian carp 160 River All day Dace 240 River 4pm – 9am Dorado 15,000 River 4am – 9pm Freshwater goby 400 River 4pm – 9am Frog 120 Pond All day Gar 6,000 Pond 4pm – 9am Giant snakehead 5,500 Pond 9am – 4pm Giant trevally 4,500 Pier All day Goldfish 1,300 Pond All day Great white shark 15,000 Sea 4pm – 9am Guppy 1,300 River 9am – 4pm Hammerhead shark 8,000 Sea 4pm – 9am Horse mackerel 150 Sea All day Killifish 300 Pond All day Koi 4,000 Pond 4pm – 9am Mahi-mahi 6,000 Pier All day Neon tetra 500 River 9am – 4pm Nibble fish 1,500 River 9am – 4pm Olive flounder 800 Sea All day Pale chub 200 River 9am – 4pm Piranha 2,500 River 9am – 4pm & 9pm – 4am Pop-eyed goldfish 1,300 Pond 9am – 4pm Rainbowfish 800 River 9am – 4pm Ranchu goldfish 4,500 Pond 9am – 4pm Red snapper 3,000 Sea All day Ribbon eel 600 Sea All day Saddled bichir 4,000 River 9pm – 4am Saw shark 12,000 Sea 4pm – 9am Sea bass 400 Sea All day Sea horse 1,100 Sea All day Snapping Turtle 5,000 River 9pm – 4am Squid 500 Sea All day Suckerfish 1,500 Sea All day Surgeonfish 1,000 Sea All day Tadpole 100 Pond All day Tilapia 800 River All day Whale shark 13,000 Sea All day Zebra turkeyfish 500 Sea All day
Southern Hemisphere Anchovy 200 Sea 4am – 9pm Barreleye 15,000 Sea 9pm – 4am Bitterling 900 River All day Black bass 400 River All day Blowfish 5,000 Sea 6pm – 4am Blue marlin 10,000 Pier All day Bluegill 180 River 9am – 4pm Carp 300 Pond All day Coelacanth 15,000 Sea – Raining All day Crucian carp 160 River All day Dab 300 Sea All day Dace 240 River 4pm – 9am Football fish 2,500 Sea 4pm – 9am Freshwater goby 400 River 4pm – 9am Goldfish 1,300 Pond All day Horse mackerel 150 Sea All day Koi 4,000 Pond 4pm – 9am Oarfish 9,000 Sea All day Olive flounder 800 Sea All day Pale chub 200 River 9am – 4pm Pike 1,800 River All day Pond smelt 500 River All day Pop-eyed goldfish 1,300 Pond 9am – 4pm Ranchu goldfish 4,500 Pond 9am – 4pm Red snapper 3,000 Sea All day Sea bass 400 Sea All day Sea butterfly 1,000 Sea All day Squid 500 Sea All day Stringfish 15,000 River – Clifftop 4pm – 9am Sturgeon 10,000 River – Mouth All day Tuna 7,000 Pier All day Yellow perch 300 River All day
Bugs Northern Hemisphere Agrias butterfly 3,000 8am – 5pm Ant 80 All day Atlas moth 3,000 7pm – 4am Bagworm 600 All day Banded dragonfly 4,500 8am – 5pm Centipede 300 4pm – 11pm Citrus long-horned beetle 350 All day Common bluebottle 300 4am – 7pm Common butterfly 160 4am – 7pm Darner dragonfly 230 8am – 5pm Diving beetle 800 8am – 7pm Drone beetle 200 All day Emperor butterfly 4,000 5pm – 8am Firefly 300 7pm – 4am Flea 70 All day Fly 60 All day Giant water bug 2,000 7pm – 8am Goliath beetle 8,000 5pm – 8am Great purple emperor 3,000 4am – 7pm Hermit crab 1,000 7pm – 8am Honeybee 200 8am – 5pm Jewel beetle 2,400 All day Ladybug 200 8am – 5pm Long locust 200 8am – 7pm Madagascan sunset moth 2,500 8am – 4pm Man-faced stink bug 1,000 7pm – 8am Mantis 430 8am – 5pm Mosquito 130 5pm – 4am Moth 130 7pm – 4am Orchid mantis 2,400 8am – 5pm Paper kite butterfly 1,000 8am – 7pm Peacock butterfly 2,500 4am – 7pm Pill bug 250 11pm – 4pm Pondskater 130 8am – 7pm Queen Alexandra’s birdwing 4,000 8am – 4pm Rainbow stag 6,000 7pm – 8am Rajah Brooke’s birdwing 2,500 8am – 5pm Rosalia batesi beetle 3,000 All day Scorpion 8,000 7pm – 4am Snail 250 All day Spider 480 7pm – 8am Stinkbug 120 All day Tiger beetle 1,500 All day Tiger butterfly 240 4am – 7pm Violin beetle 450 All day Wasp 2,500 All day Wharf roach 200 All day Yellow butterfly 160 4am – 7pm
Southern Hemisphere Ant 80 All day Bagworm 600 All day Centipede 300 4pm – 11pm Citrus long-horned beetle 350 All day Common butterfly 160 4am – 7pm Damselfly 500 All day Dung beetle 3,000 All day Emperor butterfly 4,000 5pm – 8am Fly 60 All day Hermit crab 1,000 7pm – 8am Mole cricket 500 All day Moth 130 7pm – 4am Paper kite butterfly 1,000 8am – 7pm Pill bug 250 11pm – 4pm Rajah Brooke’s birdwing 2,500 8am – 5pm Snail 250 All day Spider 480 7pm – 8am Tarantula 8,000 7pm – 4am Wasp 2,500 All day Wharf roach 200 All day
