All ACNH January Fish and Bugs

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Completing the collection of all fish and bugs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is really rewarding, but it takes dedication. Since the game’s calendar matches the real world, the types of creatures you can find on your island change monthly.

Players can find creatures faster by traveling to islands in different hemispheres or by using the time travel feature in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. However, the game doesn’t tell you which fish and bugs are available each month unless you’ve already caught them. To help with that, here’s a complete list of all the fish and bugs you can find in January.

All January Fish in Animal Crossing New Horizons

The fish you can catch in Animal Crossing: New Horizons in January depends on whether you’re playing in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere. Here are two separate lists, one for each hemisphere, to help you know what to look for.

All Northern Hemisphere January Fish in Animal Crossing New Horizons

Name Location Time Price
Anchovy Sea 4am – 9pm 200
Barreleye Sea 9pm – 4am 15,000
Bitterling River All day 900
Black Bass River All day 400
Blowfish Sea 9pm – 4am 5,000
Blue Marlin Pier All day 10,000
Bluegill River 9am – 4pm 180
Carp Pond All day 300
Crucian Carp River All day 160
Dab Sea All day 300
Dace River 4pm – 9am 240
Football Fish Sea 4pm – 9am 2,500
Freshwater Goby River 4pm-9am 400
Goldfish Pond All day 1,300
Horse Mackerel Sea All day 150
Koi Pond 4pm – 9am 4,000
Oarfish Sea All day 9,000
Olive Flounder Sea All day 800
Pale Chub River 9am – 4pm 200
Pond Smelt River All day 500
Pop-eyed Goldfish Pond 9am – 4pm 1,300
Ranchu Goldfish Pond 9am – 4pm 4,500
Red Snapper Sea All day 3,000
Sea Bass Sea All day 400
Sea Butterfly Sea All day 1,000
Squid Sea All day 500
Stringfish Clifftop river 4pm – 9am 15,000
Sturgeon River mouth All day 10,000
Tuna Pier All day 7,000
Yellow Perch River All day 300

In January, you won’t find any new fish appearing on islands in the Northern Hemisphere. That means the Stringfish and Barreleyes are once again the most valuable fish in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, selling for 15,000 bells each. Sturgeons and Blue Marlins are a close second, worth 10,000 bells apiece. The good news is, no fish disappear at the end of January, so you don’t need to rush to catch them all!

All Southern Hemisphere January Fish in Animal Crossing New Horizons

Name Location Time Bells
Anchovy Sea 4am – 9pm 200
Angelfish River 4pm – 9am 3,000
Arapaima River 4pm – 9am 10,000
Arowana River 4pm – 9am 10,000
Barred Knifejaw Sea All day 5,000
Barreleye Sea 9pm – 4am 15,000
Betta River 9am – 4pm 2,500
Black Bass River All day 400
Blue Marlin Pier All day 10,000
Bluegill River 9am – 4pm 180
Butterfly Fish Sea All day 1,000
Carp Pond All day 300
Catfish Pond 4pm – 9am 800
Clown Fish Sea All day 650
Coelacanth Sea (Raining) All day 15,000
Crawfish Pond All day 200
Crucian Carp River All day 160
Dace River 4pm – 9am 240
Dorado River 4am – 9pm 15,000
Freshwater Goby River 4pm-9am 400
Frog Pond All day 120
Gar Pond 4pm – 9am 6,000
Giant Snakehead Pond 9am – 4pm 5,500
Giant Trevally Pier All day 4,500
Goldfish Pond All day 1,300
Great White Shark Sea 4pm – 9am 15,000
Guppy River 9am – 4pm 1,300
Hammerhead Shark Sea 4pm – 9am 8,000
Horse Mackerel Sea All day 150
Killifish Pond All day 300
Koi Pond 4pm – 9am 4,000
Mahi-mahi Pier All day 6,000
Napoleonfish Sea 4am – 9pm 10,000
Neon Tetra River 9am – 4pm 500
Nibble Fish River 9am – 4pm 1,500
Ocean Sunfish Sea 4am – 9pm 4,000
Olive Flounder Sea All day 800
Pale Chub River 9am – 4pm 200
Piranha River 9am – 4pm and 9pm -4am 2,500
Pop-eyed Goldfish Pond 9am – 4pm 1,300
Puffer Fish Sea All day 250
Rainbowfish River 9am – 4pm 800
Ranchu Goldfish Pond 9am – 4pm 4,500
Red Snapper Sea All day 3,000
Ribbon Eel Sea All day 600
Saddled Bichir River 9pm – 4am 4,000
Saw Shark Sea 4pm – 9am 12,000
Sea Bass Sea All day 400
Sea Horse Sea All day 1,100
Snapping Turtle River 9pm – 4am 5,000
Squid Sea All day 500
Suckerfish Sea All day 1,500
Surgeonfish Sea All day 1,000
Sweetfish River All day 900
Tadpole Pond All day 100
Tilapia River All day 800
Whale Shark Sea All day 13,000
Zebra Turkeyfish Sea All day 500

New January fish in Southern Hemisphere

Name Location Time Bells
Blue Marlin Pier All day 10,000
Napoleonfish Sea 4am – 9pm 10,000
Ocean Sunfish Sea 4am – 9pm 4,000
Puffer Fish Sea All day 250
Sweetfish River All day 900

The Tadpole fish is unique because it disappears after January. If you haven’t caught one yet, you should try now, before February arrives.

All January Bugs in Animal Crossing New Horizons

Just like with fish, the bugs you can catch in Animal Crossing: New Horizons in January depend on whether your island is in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere. To help you out, we’ve created two separate lists – one for each hemisphere.

All Northern Hemisphere January Bugs in Animal Crossing New Horizons

Name Location Time Bells
Common Butterfly Flying 4am – 7pm 160
Paper Kite Butterfly Flying 8am – 7pm 1,000
Emperor Butterfly Flying 5pm – 8am 4,000
Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing Flying 8am – 5pm 2,500
Moth Flying near lights 7pm – 4am 130
Wasp Shaking trees All day 2,500
Damselfly Flying All day 500
Mole Cricket Underground All day 500
Citrus Long-horned Beetle Tree stumps All day 350
Dung Beetle Rolling snowballs on the ground All day 3,000
Bagworm Shaking trees All day 600
Ant Rotten food All day 80
Hermit Crab Moving shells 7pm – 8am 1,000
Wharf Roach Beach rocks All day 200
Fly Trash All day 60
Snail Rocks and bushes (Raining) All day 250
Pill Bug Hitting rocks 11pm – 4pm 250
Centipede Hitting rocks 4pm – 11pm 300
Spider Shaking trees 7pm – 8am 480
Tarantula Ground 7pm – 4am 8,000

Since new bugs don’t appear in January on islands in the Northern Hemisphere, the Tarantula remains the most valuable bug to catch in Animal Crossing: New Horizons this month. And, similar to fish, no bugs disappear at the end of January either.

All Southern Hemisphere January Bugs in Animal Crossing New Horizons

Name Location Time Bells
Agrias Butterfly Flying 8am – 5pm 3,000
Ant Rotten food All day 80
Atlas Moth Trees 7pm – 4am 3,000
Bagworm Shaking trees All day 600
Banded Dragonfly Flying 8am – 5pm 4,500
Blue Weevil Beetle On palm trees All day 800
Brown Cicada Trees 8am – 5pm 250
Cicada Shell Trees All day 10
Citrus Long-horned Beetle Tree stumps All day 350
Common Bluebottle Flying 4am – 7pm 300
Cyclommatus Stag On palm trees 5pm – 8am 8,000
Darner Dragonfly Flying 8am – 5pm 230
Diving Beetle On freshwater 8am – 7pm 800
Drone Beetle Trees All day 200
Earth-boring Dung Beetle Ground All day 300
Emperor Butterfly Flying 5pm – 8am 4,000
Evening Cicada Trees 4am – 8am 4pm – 7pm 550
Flea On villagers All day 70
Fly Trash All day 60
Giant Cicada Trees 8am – 5pm 500
Giant Stag Trees 11pm – 8am 12,000
Giant Water Bug On freshwater 7pm – 8am 2,000
Giraffe Stag On palm trees 5pm – 8am 12,000
Golden Stag On palm trees 5pm – 8am 12,000
Goliath Beetle On palm trees 5pm – 8am 8,000
Grasshopper Ground 8am – 5pm 160
Great Purple Emperor Flying 4am – 7pm 3,000
Hermit Crab Disguised as item leaves 7pm – 8am 1,000
Honeybee Flying 8am – 5pm 200
Horned Atlas On palm trees 5pm – 8am 8,000
Horned Dynastid Trees 5pm – 8am 1,350
Horned Elephant On palm trees 5pm – 8am 8,000
Horned Hercules On palm trees 5pm – 8am 12,000
Jewel Beetle Tree stumps All day 2,400
Long Locust Ground 8am – 7pm 200
Madagascan Sunset Moth Flying 8am – 4pm 2,500
Man-faced Stink Bug Flowers 7pm – 8am 1,000
Mantis Flowers 8am – 5pm 430
Miyama Stag Trees All day 1,000
Mosquito Flying 5pm – 4am 130
Moth Flying near lights 7pm – 4am 130
Orchid Mantis White flowers 8am – 5pm 2,400
Paper Kite Butterfly Flying 8am – 7pm 1,000
Pondskater On freshwater 8am – 7pm 130
Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing Flying 8am – 4pm 4,000
Rainbow Stag Trees 7pm – 8am 6,000
Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing Flying 8am – 5pm 2,500
Robust Cicada Trees 8am – 5pm 300
Rosalia Batesi Beetle Tree stumps All day 3,000
Saw Stag Trees All day 2,000
Scarab Beetle Trees 11pm – 8am 10,000
Scorpion Ground 7pm – 4am 8,000
Snail Rocks and bushes (Raining) All day 250
Spider Shaking trees 7pm – 8am 480
Stinkbug Flowers All day 120
Tiger Beetle Ground All day 1,500
Tiger Butterfly Flying 4am – 7pm 240
Walking Leaf Disguised as item leaves All day 600
Walking Stick Trees 4am – 8am and 5pm – 7pm 600
Wasp Shaking trees All day 2,500
Wharf Roach Beach rocks All day 200

New January Bugs in the Southern Hemisphere

Name Location Time Price
Blue Weevil Beetle On palm trees All day 800
Brown Cicada Trees 8am – 5pm 250
Cicada Shell Trees All day 10
Cyclommatus Stag On palm trees 5pm – 8am 8,000
Earth-boring Dung Beetle Ground All day 300
Evening Cicada Trees 4am – 8am 4pm – 7pm 550
Giant Cicada Trees 8am – 5pm 500
Giant Stag Trees 11pm – 8am 12,000
Giraffe Stag On palm trees 5pm – 8am 12,000
Golden Stag On palm trees 5pm – 8am 12,000
Grasshopper Ground 8am – 5pm 160
Horned Atlas On palm trees 5pm – 8am 8,000
Horned Dynastid Trees 5pm – 8am 1,350
Horned Elephant On palm trees 5pm – 8am 8,000
Horned Hercules On palm trees 5pm – 8am 12,000
Miyama Stag Trees All day 1,000
Robust Cicada Trees 8am – 5pm 300
Saw Stag Trees All day 2,000
Scarab Beetle Trees 11pm – 8am 10,000
Walking Leaf Disguised as item leaves All day 600
Walking Stick Trees 4am – 8am and 5pm – 7pm 600

The Honeybee insect is only available to catch in January. If you’re trying to complete your collection, make sure to find it before February! And if you’re also aiming to collect all the different fruits in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, check out our helpful guide.

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2025-12-15 19:22