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Comment by Kiingy

This fish is related to part 2 of the secret fish achievement series, Secret Fish and Where to Find Them.
To start this you'll need to complete part 1.

The goggles:
With the Secret Fish Goggles buff applied a small fish in a bubble will spawn somewhere within 40 yards of you. If you have sound on you'll hear bubbles when it spawns then 5-10 seconds later the fish will become visible at which point you'll be able to click it. The fish can be clicked while mounted, you do not need to be in water for it to spawn and it will spawn every 25-30 seconds.

Best way to do this is find a spot that is flat and with few surrounding objects (trees, rocks, etc) and just spin your camera around until you see the bubble.

The Fish!
Each time you click the puffer you'll be given a random fish, most of the time it will be the white "junk" fish for whichever area you're in as well as the occasional grey item, with the exception of Dalaran where you'll commonly get coins usually caught from the eventide fountains.

Catchrate is quite low for many of these so expect to spend a fair amount of time for this.

I've split the fish into different catergories.

The common:
These fish can be caught anywhere at any time of the day, save these lot for last as you'll probably get most if not all of them hunting the others.
1. Camouflaged Snark
2. Deceptive Maw
3. Inconspicuous Catfish
4. Unseen Mimmic
5. Very Tiny Whale
6. Collectable Saltfin
7. Travelling Goby
8. Invisible Smelt
If you're still missing these after you catch the others, the best places to catch these are on the floating islands, like the ones scattered around Outland Nagrand (45.9, 59.9). Stand on the edge of the island and the fish will spawn in an arc around your character, shown here in green (Dalaran island used for an example): https://i.imgur.com/vrIYGgB.jpg

The zone exclusive:
These fish can only be caught in specific zones and sometimes even in very specific areas within zones.
9. Rotted Blood Cod - Nazmir, Zul'Nazman.
10. Jade Story Fish - Jade Forest.
11. Thunderous Flounder - Isle of Thunder.
12. Kirin Tor Clown - Dalaran (Broken Isles/Northrend).
13. Mechanized Mackerel - Mechagon.
14. Queen's Delight - Nazjatar.
15. Ancient Mana Fin - Suramar. Anywhere in the Suramar city harbour. (Credit to Roguezs).
16. Prisoner Fish - Tol Barad (PvP area). Anywhere in the zone, the bridge that connects the two islands is a great place for this one, just make sure you're on the PvP area side of it (check minimap).
17. Barbed Fjord Fin - Howling Fjord.
18. Dead Fel Bone - Argus, Krokuun and Antoran Wastes. (Credit to Padwarle and Neryssa).
19. Tortollan Tank Dweller - Drustvar, under Anyport in the underwater Tortollan bar called 'The Drunk Tank'.
20. Thin Air Flounder - Neverest Pinnacle, Kun-Lai Summit. (Credit to Qaccy and Pungyo).
21. Well Lurker - Mount Hyjal, in the lake under Nordassil.
22. Drowned Goldfish - Drowned Lands (46, 50) in Stormsong Valley. (Credit to Bobins666).
Note: With the exception of the Tank Deweller (Fish 19), these are confirmed locations and may not be the only location within the zones where they can be caught. For the Tortollan Tank Deweller, I was only able to catch it once I was in the very specific sub-zone (where the name changes above the minimap).

For those suffering from woeful luck with the rarer fish, like the Thin Air Flounder, this was discovered by Asmundr.

To everyone who is having trouble looting some fish. You need to approach the places like Neverest and Nordrassil on foot without a flying mount (There is a small path just before the Neverest peak) Then the 100% dropchance Fishes don't bug out and are lootable once more (Thin Air Flounder and Well Lurker) Alternatively just use the goggles when standing at those places when they are off CD.

If you're still having issues, clearing your bags of all secret fish (vendor or delete them) may also fix it.

The time scheduled:
These fish can only be caught within certain times, while one is active, the other is not. Whichever fish is active at the time can be caught in any zone.
23. Elusive Moonfish - Night only. 9:30pm to 8am.
24. Golden Sunsoaker - Day only. 8am to 9:30pm.
Note: We're not sure on the specific day/night switch over time, the above is just based on the times we've been catching them. If you catch these outside of the posted times let me know. Make sure its server time, not your local time.

The dead:
These fish can only be caught while the player is dead. Once you're a ghost these fish can be caught in any zone. (Credit to FenixInfinito).
25. Veiled Ghost
26. Deadeye Wally
27. Quiet Floater
28. Spiritual Salmon
Best place to catch these on any floating island, like the one directly behind the southern bank of Broken Isles Dalaran. Suicide by flying up and dismounting. This zone has ghost flying and if you stand on the edge of the island the fish will spawn in an arc around your character, shown here in green: https://i.imgur.com/vrIYGgB.jpg

The buffed:
29. Green Roughy - Requires the Painted Green buff from the Mechagon mechanocat painting station (63, 42). This can be applied by walking over the green puddle on the station or having another player throw a Green Paint Filled Bladder at you. (Credit to Sishrot).

The sporadic:
30. Displaced Scrapfin - Can be caught in the "future" version of Mechagon that Chromie sends you to for the quest The Other Place. Unfortunately this daily is only available sporadically. (Credit to Lacrit).

That's all folks!
Thanks to everyone who helped with the hunt :)

Comment by Pungyo

This guy was found! He's on the Neverest Pinnacle in Kun-Lai. That's where I got him first try.

Comment by CloudMasterz

I did find it there first try too.

Comment by Erosly

For the thin air flounder, the 3 nodes at the top of the mountain are not "broken" if you look closely these nodes have severed fish heads inside instead of flopping/swimming fish like regular nodes. If you simply sell/destroy all the blue achievement fish that you have in your inventory, you will be able to loot these 3 nodes and instantly get the fish. Also if you sell the flounder you get right after, you can re loot this same node and then sell again for a basically infinite gold glitch that I believe is unintentional. So i do not recommend exploiting it.

Edit: It seems they patched it so fish have no selling price, so no more exploit. Also for some people they can just loot the fish regardless of what is in inventory, for everyone else the method of destroying the achievement fish still works perfectly. Hope everyone enjoys their mini ocean.

Comment by Selinai

I found mine at 44.63, 52.19, use the goggles and walk up the mountain a little, just from around the corner and down the hill a bit is what i did and a fish head was floating in a clickable bubble. just click to loot him. Interestingly enough he has no sell price.

Comment by Sunjiang

To loot this, remove all other rare fish from your inventory.

Comment by PlebTM

Removed all rare fishes from inventory, rode all the way up on groundmount and used the goggles on top, was not able to loot the bubbles :(
(EDIT) I take it back, one fish had gone missing between all the mechagon stuff and the usables from naz, after deleting the last blue fish I could loot the next bubble that spawned.

Comment by Elfizm

I'm not sure what the purpose of getting rid of previously looted fish is about. I went up to the top of the mountain and when I got there two bubbles were waiting for me. I clicked on one and it gave me the flounder. I hadn't taken anything out of my bags, I still had the half a dozen achievement fish I'd already found.

Comment by Beace

I few straight up to the top in druid flight form and looted the fish. They might have fixed the issues people have talked about previously.

Comment by Seferus

There were two bubbles waiting for me, not clickable. I came here and removed all fish as advised here. Didn't work. Only after I deleted Tortollan Tank Dweller (the only one so far which I could not sell) it was working for me.

Comment by Ihealandps

Took me several hours to complete this turns out i was in the wrong area thank you whoever said Never rest Pinnacle this is where i found mine
/way 44.58, 52.55

Comment by Sipder2

How to get Thin Air Flounder:

remove all fishs in your bag
go to Pandaria > Kun-Lai Summit /way 44,64, 52,25 (ice mountain)
pick Thin Air Flounder

Video guide: https://youtu.be/V3EXZCtrNiQ

Comment by Redwolfie7

I suggest everyone look on the largest mountain in kun lai summit for two bubbles. Top of the burlap trail I found mine after catching every other fish I could in the zone (I hope it a coincidence honestly because otherwise I wasted 2 hours for nothing D:). good luck all!

Comment by exoticat

all of these are worthless, the map is Kun-lai - the pont it 44.41 52.52 and as high as you can fly, to the point where you see a 'shrine' looking thing that says 'Ren Yun the Blind' then you will INSTANTLY catch this fish.

Comment by matthewgeraldfre

Thank you! I literaly showed up and bam. Got it in seconds! 44 54.

Comment by Rahaf

Don't do like me .. I arrived there flying and I was hearing the bubble but didn't see any .. stayed 10 minutes to discover at the end that I was NOT WEARING my Goggle. I got the fish immediately when I put it on :D I didn't need to empty my bags or sell any looted fish. Just make sure you re-apply your goggles when they are off CD.

Happy collecting !

Comment by Trynottodie

I was able to fly to Neverest and the fish immediately spawned. I got the Thin Air Flounder on the first try, with other fish in my bags.

Comment by giefan

It's on the peak of the tallest mountain. You'll find the statue of Ren Yun the Blind at the top. You'll find it there.

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