Olive flounder
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Name: Paralichthys olivaceus (olive flounder) Family: Paralichthyidae (large-tooth flounders) | ||||||
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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 (ヒラメ, Hirame) is a saltwater fish in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Doubutsu no Mori e+. It is very similar in appearance to the Dab, another saltwater fish, and is even confused with it by the player in the its catch quotes in Wild World and New Leaf.
In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, it is used for the Soup de Poisson and Olive Flounder Meunière recipes for the Harvest Festival.
Catch details
In Doubutsu no Mori e+
In Wild World
"I caught a dab! Oh wait... Are you an olive flounder? Oh, yeah, you are, aren't you?"
In City Folk
In New Leaf
Time of year | All year |
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Time of day | All day |
Peak times | Nov - Mar |
Location | Sea Tortimer Island |
Shadow size | Large |
Fish size | 80 cm |
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In Pocket Camp
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.
Time of year | North: All year South: All year |
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Time of day | All day |
Location | Sea |
Shadow size | Very large |
Spawn requirement | Appears from the start of the game |
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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 |
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- | [[|Olive-flounder meunière]] | ![]() |
Savory | Not for sale | ![]() |
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- | [[|Sautéed olive flounder]] | ![]() |
Savory | Not for sale | ![]() |
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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:
In City Folk
Upon donating the Olive Flounder in Animal Crossing: City Folk, Blathers will say the following:
It can be found in the tank at the back of the aquarium, hiding underneath sand, with other sea fish.
In New Leaf
The information board in front of the tank that holds the Olive Flounder says the following:
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:
Fishing Tourney
New Leaf
Chip will say this when given an Olive Flounder:
- "Olive flounder–BOY, are they tasty! In fact, I'm just gonna go ahead and scarf this guy down right very second! I can hardly wait!"
Gallery
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 is 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 |
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Ложный палтус Lozhnyy paltus |
Olive flounder | |
Bot | European flounder | |
Flunder | Flounder | |
Rodaballo | Turbot | |
Cardeau | Paralichthys | |
Sogliola | Sole |
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