All new and leaving fish, bugs, and sea creatures in March in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
It's the one year anniversary of Animal Crossing: New Horizons! Have you caught them all this March?
Another month, and another big list! Yes, it's time to turn on Animal Crossing: New Horizons once again, because it's March and there are loads of new fish, bugs, and sea creatures for you to be catching!
This month there are plenty of new creatures to catch, but it's also the one year anniversary of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, meaning you might find many of the bugs and fish very familiar… That doesn't matter to the sea creatures though, who weren't even around this time last year. Just look below for all of the new beasties you can catch this month.
If you need help finding them, you can fall back on our full lists of all fish, bugs, and sea creatures in the game, including their locations and the times where they'll be available.
- Full list of EVERY insect, prices, and how to catch them in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Full list of EVERY fish, prices, and how to catch them in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Full list of EVERY sea creature in Animal Crossing: New Horizons [UPDATED]
Now take a look below and get ready to catch some creatures…
New in North
Finally, the first month in a while with some decent new creatures returning to the game. Plenty of fish, bugs, and sea creatures to find here if you weren't able to fill your collectopedia up back when the game launched in March!
Fish-- Tadpole
- Loach
- Cherry salmon
- Char
- Golden trout
- Barred knifejaw
- Yellow butterfly
- Tiger butterfly
- Peacock butterfly
- Mantis
- Orchid mantis
- Honeybee
- Stinkbug
- Man-faced stinkbug
- Ladybug
- Turban shell
- Chambered nautilus
- Umbrella octopus
- Firefly squid
- Spider crab
New in South
A big plate full of new creatures in the Southern hemisphere too - at last, things are balancing out again. But watch out, this is the only month where you can catch the Salmon and King salmon.
Fish-- Pike
- Cherry salmon
- Char
- Golden trout
- Salmon
- King salmon
- Mitten crab
- Sturgeon
- Common butterfly
- Yellow butterfly
- Monarch butterfly
- Cricket
- Bell cricket
- Red dragonfly
- Violin beetle
- Pill bug
- Centipede
- Oyster
- Turban shell
- Chambered nautilus
- Umbrella octopus
- Sweet shrimp
Leaving the North
We're losing a few great creatures from the North, including the Sturgeon, but there are plenty of other creatures to catch still.
Fish-- Bitterling
- Yellow perch
- Stringfish
- Sturgeon
- Sea butterfly
- Football fish
- Emperor butterfly
- Red king crab
Leaving the South
As of this month Summer is basically over, and all of those lovely sharks and the last of the cool beetles are leaving the Southern hemisphere. Make sure to grab them all before they're gone!
Fish-- Crawfish
- Soft-shelled turtle
- Sweetfish
- Salmon
- King salmon
- Nibble fish
- Piranha
- Arowana
- Dorado
- Gar
- Arapaima
- Saddled bichir
- Clown fish
- Surgeonfish
- Butterfly fish
- Puffer fish
- Blue marlin
- Ocean sunfish
- Saw shark
- Hammerhead shark
- Great white shark
- Whale shark
- Suckerfish
- Tiger butterfly
- Emperor butterfly
- Arias butterfly
- Rajah Brooke's birdwing
- Queen Alexandra's butterfly
- Atlas moth
- Madagascan sunset moth
- Grasshopper
- Walker cicada
- Pondskater
- Diving beetle
- Giant water bug
- Rosalia batesi beetle
- Earth-boring dung beetle
- Goliath beetle
- Rainbow stag
- Walking leaf
- Mosquito
- Sea grapes
- Sea urchin
- Slate pencil urchin
- Moon jellyfish
- Gigas giant clam
- Tiger prawn
- Horseshoe crab
- Flatworm
