Olive flounder

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Olive flounder
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Real-world info
Name: Paralichthys olivaceus (olive flounder) Family: Paralichthyidae (large-tooth flounders)
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
Film HHD aF PC
Names in other languages  ヒラメ  넙치  Sogliola  Flunder  比目鱼  Cardeau  Rodaballo  Bot  比目魚  Cardeau  Rodaballo  Ложный палтус

The olive flounder is a fish in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Doubutsu no Mori e+. It appears as a large shadow (medium in City Folk, very large in New Horizons) in the sea all day long, all year long. It is very similar in appearance to the dab, another saltwater fish, which is even joked about by the player in its catch quotes in Wild World and New Leaf respectively.

Catch details

In Doubutsu no Mori e+

#43

"ひらめを　つり・・・ だよな?　カレイなの?"
Translation: "I caught a flounder... Isn't it? Or is it a dab?"

DnM / iQue

DnM+

AC

DnMe+

Time of year	Feb 24 - Dec 31
Time of day	All day
Location	Sea
Shadow size	Large
Selling price	200 Bells
Feng shui	None
Furniture size

In Wild World

#47

"I caught a dab! Oh wait... Are you an olive flounder? Oh, yeah, you are, aren't you?"

Description	Their eyes are in the middle when they are born, then move to either side as they mature.
Time of year	All year
Time of day	All day
Peak times	Nov – Mar
Location	Sea
Shadow size	Large
Fish size	80 cm
Selling price	800 Bells
Furniture size

In City Folk

#52

"I caught an olive flounder! Hey, flatty bo batty!"

Description	These look like dabs, but the eyes migrate after birth to the left side.
Time of year	All year
Time of day	All day
Peak times	N/A
Location	Sea
Shadow size	Medium
Fish size	About 32 in.
Selling price	800 Bells
Furniture size

In New Leaf

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the olive flounder is used for the Soup de Poisson and Olive Flounder Meunière recipes for the Harvest Festival.

#57

"I caught a dab... Huh? Just kidding! It's an olive flounder! Make up your mind, fishy!"

Time of year	All year
Time of day	All day
Peak times	Nov – Mar
Location	Sea Tortimer Island
Shadow size	Large
Fish size	80 cm
Selling price	800 Bells
Furniture size

In Pocket Camp

The olive flounder is one of the 14 fish in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp that has been in the game since its release.

#3

Availability	Currently available (since March 26, 2024) 2017-10-25 – 2019-08-20 2019-12-27 – 2020-06-29 2020-12-28 – 2021-06-29 2021-12-24 – 2022-09-19 2023-03-23 – 2023-06-28
Location	Saltwater Shores
Shadow size	Large
Size	66.8 cm – 93.2 cm
Rarity	★
Selling price	10 Bells
Version added	0.9.0
Villager gift data	Tier: 1 (Common) Rewards:  100 Bells +2 Friendship points

In New Horizons

In New Horizons, an Olive Flounder can be used as an ingredient for Franklin to cook the Fish Meunière dish on Turkey Day.

#62

"I caught an olive flounder! That's not the pits!"

Time of year	North: All year South: All year
Time of day	All day
Location	Sea
Shadow size	Very large
Rarity	Common
Spawn requirement	Appears from the start of the game
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny:  800 Bells  C.J.:  1,200 Bells
Furniture size

Use in cooking

Olive flounder is used as a cooking ingredient in the cooking recipes for the following items:

Recipes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

#	Item	Image	Type	Buy price	Available from	Materials
853	Sautéed olive flounder		Savory	Not for sale	Fishing	1× Olive flounder 1× Skinny mushroom
924	Olive-flounder meunière		Savory	9,800 Bells	Turkey Day Recipes	1× Olive flounder 2× Flour

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Donating to the museum

As with all bugs and fish in the Animal Crossing series, the olive flounder can be donated to the museum by talking to Blathers. During a donation, Blathers will tell the player a bit about the donation. Below is what he has to say.

In Wild World

Blathers has this to say about the olive flounder in Animal Crossing: Wild World:

"For some time, I was convinced that olive flounder tasted of olives. It turned out that it was a rather elaborate joke played upon me... I should have known there are no such things as flounder olives, either!"

In City Folk

Upon donating the olive flounder in Animal Crossing: City Folk, Blathers will say the following dialogue:

"Olive flounders are masters of self-transformation... who, I'm told, can grow to almost 40 inches (a meter) long. That's like some sort of underwater bath mat! It's a good thing you caught this one while it's still young!"

It can be found in the tank at the back of the aquarium, hiding underneath the sand, with other sea fish.

In New Leaf

The information board in front of the tank that holds the olive flounder says the following:

"Olive flounders are rather flexible whitefish that have both eyes on the left side of their body. They can reach three feet in length and are commonly mistaken for dabs, a close relative. When young, they have an eye on each side, but as they age, their right eye migrates to their left side. These carnivorous fish can change color to camouflage themselves on the seabed as they wait for prey."

In New Horizons

When donating to Blathers or selecting "Tell me about this!" in New Horizons, he will provide the following information about the fish:

"Did you know that the olive flounder is the same shape as other fish when it hatches? But as it grows, it gets both wider and flatter and can reach some three feet long. These flat fish spend much of their lives buried under the sandy ocean floor, waiting for prey to happen by. Imagine the surprise for said prey when they strike. It would be as if your kitchen floor were to bite you."

Fishing Tourney

During a Fishing Tourney, when given an olive flounder, Chip will say the following dialogue.

In City Folk

"I like to go with a spicy, blackened filet with olive flounder. So should you. Nyuuuk nyuk nyuk nyuk!"

In New Leaf

"Olive flounder—BOY, are they tasty! In fact, I'm just gonna go ahead and scarf this guy down right this very second! I can hardly wait! YUM!"

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Real-world information

A real olive flounder

The olive flounder is an Asian flatfish that occupies a large area of Asian flatfish taken for commercial reasons. Hirame (平目 / ヒラメ) as it is called in Japan or (광어 Korea Flatfish) as it is known in Korea is widely raised in aquaculture in China, Korea, and Japan as a food fish. It is a very large type of flatfish that can be well over a meter in length which is far larger than most other species that typically never reach more than 30 cm.

Names in other languages

	ヒラメ hirame	Olive flounder
	넙치 neopchi	Olive flounder
	比目鱼 bǐmùyú	Flatfish
	比目魚 Unknown
	Ложный палтус Lozhnyy paltus	Olive flounder (lit. "false halibut")
	Bot	European flounder
	Flunder	Flounder
	Rodaballo	Turbot
	Cardeau	Paralichthys
	Sogliola	Sole

Notes

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