Olive flounder

The Olive Flounder (ヒラメ, Hirame) is a saltwater fish in the introduced in. It is very similar in appearance to the Dab, another saltwater fish, and is even confused with it by the player in its catch quotes in and.

In, it is used for the Soup de Poisson and Olive Flounder Meunière recipes for the Harvest Festival.

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

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

Donating to the museum
As with all bugs and fish in the, 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
Blathers has this to say about the Olive Flounder in :

Upon donating the Olive Flounder in, Blathers will say the following dialogue.

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

In
The information board in front of the tank that holds the Olive Flounder says the following:

Fishing Tourney
During a Fishing Tourney, when given an Olive Flounder, Chip will say the following dialogue.

Real-world information
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.