Just like all of the previous months, Animal Crossing on the Switch is about to change around the monthly spawn roster for fish, bugs, and sea creatures. And players can expect to find plenty of new and exciting lifeforms to catch, and either keep or sell for Bells.
Each month the random spawns of fish, bugs, and sea creatures will change in the game. Nintendo does this regularly to keep the game fresh and exciting for long-term players. You can, of course, get around this by time-traveling, if you don’t mind cheating.
Each day the potential spawns will change on your islands. Check out the lists below to find out what spawns happen at what times, and what hemispheres they take place in. You can also look at the prices listed in the tables to see how much each catch sells for.
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 |
| Blue Marlin | 10,000 | Pier | All day |
| Bluegill | 180 | River | 9am – 4pm |
| Butterfly Fish | 1,000 | Sea | All day |
| Carp | 300 | Pond | All day |
| Catfish | 800 | Pond | 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 |
| Moray Eel | 2,000 | Sea | All day |
| Napoleonfish | 10,000 | Sea | 4am – 9pm |
| Neon Tetra | 500 | River | 9am – 4pm |
| Nibble Fish | 1,500 | River | 9am – 4pm |
| Ocean Sunfish | 4,000 | Sea | 4am – 9pm |
| 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 |
| Puffer Fish | 250 | Sea | All day |
| Rainbowfish | 800 | River | 9am – 4pm |
| Ranchu Goldfish | 4,500 | Pond | 9am – 4pm |
| Ray | 3,000 | Sea | 4am – 9pm |
| 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 |
| Soft-shelled Turtle | 3,750 | River | 4pm – 9am |
| Squid | 500 | Sea | All day |
| Suckerfish | 1,500 | Sea | All day |
| Surgeonfish | 1,000 | Sea | All day |
| Sweetfish | 900 | River | All day |
| Tilapia | 800 | River | All day |
| Whale Shark | 1,000 | 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 | 9pm – 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 |
| 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 |
| Blue Weevil Beetle | 800 | All day |
| Brown Cicada | 250 | 8am – 5pm |
| Cicada Shell | 10 | All day |
| Citrus Long-horned Beetle | 350 | All day |
| Common bluebottle | 300 | 4am – 7pm |
| Cyclommatus stag | 8,000 | 5pm – 8am |
| Darner dragonfly | 230 | 8am – 5pm |
| Diving beetle | 800 | 8am – 7pm |
| Drone beetle | 200 | All day |
| Earth-boring dung beetle | 300 | All day |
| Emperor butterfly | 4,000 | 5pm – 8am |
| Evening cicada | 550 | 4am – 8am & 4pm – 7pm |
| Flea | 70 | All day |
| Fly | 60 | All day |
| Giant cicada | 500 | 8am – 5pm |
| Giant stag | 10,000 | 11pm – 8am |
| Giant water bug | 2,000 | 7pm – 8am |
| Giraffe stag | 12,000 | 5pm – 8am |
| Golden stag | 12,000 | 5pm – 8am |
| Goliath beetle | 8,000 | 5pm – 8am |
| Grasshopper | 160 | 8am – 5pm |
| Great purple emperor | 3,000 | 4am – 7pm |
| Hermit crab | 1,000 | 7pm – 8am |
| Horned atlas | 8,000 | 5pm – 8am |
| Horned dynastid | 1,350 | 5pm – 8am |
| Horned elephant | 8,000 | 5pm – 8am |
| Horned hercules | 12,000 | 5pm – 8am |
| Jewel beetle | 2,400 | All day |
| Long locust | 200 | 8am – 7pm |
| Madagascan sunset moth | 2,500 | 8am – 4pm |
| Man-faced stink bug | 1,000 | 7pm – 8am |
| Mantis | 430 | 8am – 5pm |
| Migratory locust | 600 | 8am – 7pm |
| Miyama stag | 1,000 | All day |
| Mosquito | 130 | 5pm – 4am |
| Moth | 130 | 7pm – 4am |
| Orchid mantis | 2,400 | 8am – 5pm |
| Paper kite butterfly | 1,000 | 8am – 7pm |
| 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 |
| Rice grasshopper | 160 | 8am – 7pm |
| Robust cicada | 300 | 8am – 5pm |
| Rosalia batesi beetle | 3,000 | All day |
| Saw stag | 2,000 | All day |
| Scarab beetle | 10,000 | 11pm – 8am |
| 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 |
| Walker cicada | 400 | 8am – 5pm |
| Walking leaf | 600 | All day |
| Walking stick | 600 | 4am – 8am & 5pm – 7pm |
| Wasp | 2,500 | All day |
| Wharf roach | 200 | All day |
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 |
| Tiger beetle | 1,500 | All day |
| Wasp | 2,500 | All day |
| Wharf roach | 200 | All day |
Sea Creatures
Northern Hemisphere
| Abalone | 2,000 | 4pm – 9am |
| Acorn barnacle | 600 | All day |
| Flatworm | 700 | 4pm – 9am |
| Gazami crab | 2,200 | All day |
| Giant isopod | 12,000 | 9am – 4pm & 9pm – 4am |
| Gigas giant clam | 15,000 | All day |
| Horseshoe crab | 2,500 | 9pm – 4am |
| Mantis shrimp | 2,500 | 4pm – 9am |
| Moon jellyfish | 600 | All day |
| Mussel | 1,500 | All day |
| Octopus | 1,200 | All day |
| Pearl oyster | 2,800 | All day |
| Scallop | 1,200 | All day |
| Sea anemone | 500 | All day |
| Sea grapes | 900 | All day |
| Sea pineapple | 1,500 | All day |
| Sea slug | 600 | All day |
| Sea star | 500 | All day |
| Sea Urchin | 1,700 | All day |
| Seaweed | 600 | All day |
| Slate pencil urchin | 2,000 | 4pm – 9am |
| Spotted garden eel | 1,100 | 4am – 9pm |
| Tiger prawn | 3,000 | 4pm – 9am |
| Vampire squid | 10,000 | 4pm – 9am |
| Whelk | 1,000 | All day |
Southern Hemisphere
| Abalone | 2,000 | 4pm – 9am |
| Acorn barnacle | 600 | All day |
| Dungeness crab | 1,900 | All day |
| Mantis shrimp | 2,500 | 4pm – 9am |
| Octopus | 1,200 | All day |
| Oyster | 2,000 | All day |
| Pearl oyster | 2,800 | All day |
| Red king crab | 8,000 | All day |
| Scallop | 1,200 | All day |
| Sea anemone | 500 | All day |
| Sea cucumber | 500 | All day |
| Sea pig | 8,000 | All day |
| Sea slug | 600 | All day |
| Sea star | 500 | All day |
| Seaweed | 600 | All day |
| Snow crab | 6,000 | All day |
| Sweet shrimp | 1,400 | 4pm – 9am |
| Venus’ flower basket | 5,000 | All day |
| Whelk | 1,000 | All day |
