Non-white-rarity fish in the Fishing Log have their their own classifications. Not all fish of the same rarity have the same classification.<\/p>
The English names are a bit of an educated guess, but reasonable. The EN fish tooltips and bonuses\/bonus descriptions are a bit superfluous but the JP ones are rather explicit with how they\u2019re named, explained more below.
The EN names for ocean fishing classifications is not official but rather is based on the names of the EN and JP bonuses. One of them is pretty simple and obvious, while the other is much more of an educated guess.<\/p>
Classifications:
\u30cc\u30b7 (nushi) \u2013 big fish
\u30aa\u30aa\u30cc\u30b7 (\u014dnushi) \u2013 legendary fish
\u73cd\u9b5a (chin-gyo) \u2013 rare fish (ocean fishing green fish)
\u4f1d\u8aac\u9b5a (densetsu-gyo) \u2013 fabled fish (blue fish)<\/p>
The bonus for catching a rare fish is just called \u2018\u73cd\u9b5a\u2019 in JP, literally the name of the classification. In EN this bonus is called \u2018A Rare Catch\u2019 so it has the term in it with the usual flavour that EN translation adds.
The name for fabled fish in JP translates to \u2018legendary fish\u2019 but since the official EN term for \u014dnushi is \u2018legendary fish\u2019, \u2018fabled fish\u2019 is the next best guess due to it being a word in one of the two bonuses about them.
The bonus for catching one of them is called \u2018\u4f1d\u8aac\u9b5a\u2019 in JP, which is just \u2018legendary fish\u2019 and we can\u2019t use that. In EN this one is called \u2018Catch of a Lifetime\u2019 which doesn\u2019t provide anything useful..
The bonus for three of them being caught among your party is called \u2018\u4f1d\u8aac\u306e\u5927\u6f01\u65d7\u2019 in JP and also uses the \u2018legendary\u2019 (\u4f1d\u8aac) term. In EN this one is called \u2018Fabled Fishers\u2019 so we take the \u2018fabled\u2019 from its EN counterpart.<\/p>
Ultimately, however, this is just a guess and could be completely wrong. These are often just called \u2018blue fish\u2019 among players anyway, but to people not aware that there are fish that are blue-rarity (since it\u2019s just seven of the rarest fish in the game) using that term comes with its own potential confusion.
I think it\u2019s quite possible this is not the official term, but I don\u2019t have a better or more reasonable one, at least one that won\u2019t cause confusion. \u2018Legendary fish\u2019 would obviously work, but we got confirmation of \u014dnushi officially being called \u2018legendary fish\u2019 when Fish Eyes got changed in patch 5.4. Given that we\u2019ve had legendaries since 2.4, who knows how long it will take to get something clearly saying the official name of fabled fish.<\/p>
A large part of why this type of confusion is nonexistent with JP terms is that the JP fish have tooltips saying at the end what classification they are. For the ocean fishing ones this classification the tooltip directly states is the same as the name for the bonuses.
Examples:
The Horned King: \u300c\u7802\u306e\u5ddd\u300d\u306e\u30cc\u30b7 (nushi of the River of Sand)
Cinder Surprise: \u300c\u7802\u306e\u5ddd\u300d\u306e\u30aa\u30aa\u30cc\u30b7 (\u014dnushi of the River of Sand)
Cieldalaes Geode: \u30b7\u30a7\u30eb\u30c0\u30ec\u30fc\u8af8\u5cf6\u6c96\u5408\u306e\u7a00\u5c11\u9b5a (chin-gyo from the Cieldalaes)
Elasmosaurus: \u30e1\u30eb\u30c8\u30fc\u30eb\u6d77\u5ce1\u5317\u306e\u4f1d\u8aac\u9b5a (densetsu-gyo from the Northern Strait of Merlthor)<\/p>
The end of the JP tooltips have a line that is \u2019[classification] of [fishing spot]\u2019 for every fish that is one of the four classifications above in the Fishing Log.
The EN tooltips for big fish having things like \u201clord\/lady\/king\/queen of [location]\u201d as part of the flavour text in the tooltip, and this appears to be the localization of that, but it is not nearly as clear or consistent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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