With Animal Crossing: New Horizons skyrocketing in popularity as so many of us have been confined to our homes for our own health and safety, one of the many things that can be done to explore and make some bells (the in-game currency) is fishing! It’s easy to become immersed in the graphics of a virtual world, but have you ever wondered how accurate the creators of Animal Crossing were when they crafted these critters for their games?
Well now you know! Here is an alphabetical list of every fish that you can catch in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and what they look like in real life!
The numbers listed by the names indicate their Critterpedia number.
Anchovy (#56)
Angelfish (#36)
Arapaima (#44)
Arowana (#41)
Barred Knifejaw (#58)
Barreleye (#79)
Betta (#37)
Bitterling (#1)
Black Bass (#22)
Blowfish (#54)
Blue Marlin (#67)
Bluegill (#20)
Butterfly Fish (#51)
Carp (#5)
Catfish (#18)
Char (#28)
Cherry Salmon (#27)
Clownfish (#49)
Coelacanth (#80)
Crawfish (#11)
Crucian Carp (#3)
Dab (#61)
Dace (#4)
Dorado (#42)
Football Fish (#77)
Freshwater Goby (#16)
Frog (#15)
Gar (#43)
Giant Snakehead (#19)
Giant Trevally (#68)
Golden Trout (#29)
Goldfish (#7)
Great White Shark (#74)
Guppy (#34)
Hammerhead Shark (#73)
Horse Mackerel (#57)
Killifish (#10)
King Salmon (#32)
Koi (#6)
Loach (#17)
Mahi-Mahi (#69)
Mitten Crab (#33)
Moray Eel (#64)
Napoleonfish (#52)
Neon Tetra (#38)
Nibble Fish (#35)
Oarfish (#78)
Ocean Sunfish (#70)
Olive Flounder (#62)
Pale Chub (#2)
Pike (#24)
Piranha (#40)
Pond Smelt (#25)
Pop-Eyed Goldfish (#8)
Puffer Fish (#55)
Rainbowfish (#39)
Ranchu Goldfish (#9)
Ray (#71)
Red Snapper (#60)
Ribbon Eel (#65)
Saddled Bichir (#45)
Salmon (#31)
Saw Shark (#72)
Sea Bass (#52)
Sea Butterfly (#47)
Sea Horse (#48)
Snapping Turtle (#13)
Soft-Shelled Turtle (#12)
Squid (#63)
Stringfish (#30)
Sturgeon (#46)
Suckerfish (#76)
Surgeonfish (#50)
Sweetfish (#26)
Tadpole (#14)
Tilapia (#23)
Tuna (#66)
Whale Shark (#75)
Yellow Perch (#21)
Zebra Turkeyfish (#53)
And there you have it! If you want to learn more about any of these fish, please feel free to drop it in the comments or send me a message so I can put it in the topic log!