Deep-sea creatures (New Leaf)

Deep-sea creatures (海の幸, seafood) are a type of catchable creature introduced in New Leaf, just like bugs and fish. The player catches them by swimming in the ocean and diving down when directly above a shadow, or swimming underwater. Shadow sizes range from as small as the mantis shrimp to as large as the spider crab and giant isopod.

As like fish and bugs, they can be donated to the Museum upon talking to Blathers, who will then put them on display in the deep-sea creatures exhibit.

Two fish in previous Animal Crossing games are now deep-sea creatures. These are the octopus and the lobster.

List of deep-sea creatures

Deep-sea creatures

Name Image Price Shadow size Time Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Seaweed 200 Large All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - ✓ ✓ Sea grapes 600 Small All day - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Sea urchin 800 Small All day - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Acorn barnacle 200 Very small All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Oyster 400 Small All day ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Turban shell 300 Small 4 PM - 9 AM ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Abalone 400 Medium 4 PM - 9 AM ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Ear shell 300 Small 4 PM - 9 AM ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Clam 300 Small All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Pearl oyster 1,600 Small All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Scallop 1,000 Medium All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Sea anemone 100 Medium All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Sea star 100 Small All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Sea cucumber 150 Medium All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Sea slug 200 Small All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Flatworm 200 Small 4 PM - 9 AM - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Mantis shrimp 1,250 Small 4 PM - 9 AM ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Sweet shrimp* 650 Small 4 PM - 9 AM ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Tiger prawn 1,600 Small 4 PM - 9 AM - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Spiny lobster* 3,000 Large 9 PM - 4 AM - - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Lobster 2,500 Large All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Snow crab 4,000 Large All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Horsehair crab 4,000 Medium All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Red king crab 6,000 Large All day ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Spider crab 12,000 Huge All day - - ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - Octopus 1,000 Medium All day ✓ - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Spotted garden eel 600 Small All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Chambered nautilus 900 Medium All day - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - Horseshoe crab 1,500 Medium 9 PM - 4 AM - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Giant isopod 9,000 Medium All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Also found on island Island exclusive deep-sea creatures