There is no complete, source-verified list of every fish name, location, value, and condition in the material reviewed for this page. What can be confirmed is the collection structure: ordinary creatures, rare variants, endangered quest catches, drip creatures, and boss encounters are distinct layers. Use Fishipedia and the achievement screen to audit your own save while the complete roster remains pending.

The direct answer about the complete roster

The official Steam page confirms that How to Fish contains strange sea creatures and rare variants, but it does not publish a complete catalog. Public achievements prove that collecting matters and that Fishipedia has a drip-related completion goal. Neither source provides every name with a dependable island and spawn rule.

Pending confirmation: the full roster, exact number of collectible creatures, exact rarity labels, sale prices, lure requirements, and island-by-island locations. Publishing those fields as a finished table would require guessing from incomplete clips or unverified posts. This guide instead gives you a safe way to build a record from the live game.

What the official sources confirm

The store describes hunting creatures with weapons, finding rare variants, and choosing whether to sell, collect, or gamble the result. That makes discovery and inventory decisions part of the intended loop. The achievement list adds named goals for broader collection and specific special categories.

Official patch notes matter because collection tracking changed soon after launch. Patch 1.0.5 corrected a drip-related achievement, so an early save may have behaved differently from a current build. Always record your game version when comparing Fishipedia completion with a checklist.

Creature, rare, endangered, drip, and boss layers

An ordinary creature is the baseline catch used for selling, collecting, gambling, or a task. Rare variants are confirmed by the official store, but their full naming scheme and odds are not confirmed here. Endangered fish appear in the Pufferfish quest transcript as acceptable task items, while drip creatures are treated as a separate special form.

Bosses should not be merged into a normal fish row. They have phases, preparation chains, and trophies that feed progression. Separating these layers keeps a personal checklist useful even when two creatures share a visual family or a community nickname.

How Collector and Fishipedia differ

The achievement list shows more than one collection goal, which indicates that a single percentage may not answer every completion question. Collector should be tracked against the collection behavior shown by the game, while Fishipedia-related progress should be checked in its own interface. Do not assume that selling a catch, seeing it, and registering it are identical actions.

The same caution applies to drip progress. Patch 1.0.5 fixed an achievement related to drip completion, so a missing achievement may have been a software issue rather than proof that your roster was incomplete. Recheck after updating, then compare the Fishipedia entry and achievement state separately.

A safe game-capture checklist

Create one row only after you can read the creature name inside your game. Record the island or route as shown, the visible category, whether the creature was ordinary or special, the action that registered it, and the version number. Add a screenshot reference if the name or model could be confused with another catch.

For task fish, add the exact quest wording and whether the character accepted the item. For bosses, add the trigger, phase notes, trophy name, and hand-in result rather than a sale value. For rare or drip creatures, record the visible label instead of inferring rarity from color alone.

Protect collection evidence before converting items

The store allows caught creatures to be sold, collected, or gambled, so a catch may leave your inventory through several routes. Community footage also warns that seagulls can steal exposed catches. Secure the discovery proof and required task action before choosing a money or gambling outcome.

If you are playing co-op, decide who owns the checklist entry and who carries any quest item. A teammate seeing the creature does not necessarily prove it registered for your save. Confirm the relevant interface after the session and note any difference rather than filling the gap with an assumption.

Why names, lures, prices, and locations are pending confirmation

Search demand and video titles show that players want a complete database, but demand is not evidence for the database itself. The collected sources do not expose the whole live Fishipedia, every shop, or every island map. A credible all-fish page must therefore stay incomplete until those views are captured and reconciled.

Pending confirmation also applies to exact spawn chances, lure tables, damage requirements, and sale values. These details are especially sensitive to patches and may differ across ordinary, rare, and drip versions. Use the official news page for changes and treat your current in-game UI as the final authority for any row you add.