Dab
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Name: Limanda limanda (sand dab) Family: Pleuronectidae (right-eyed flounders) | ||||||||
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Names in other languages
カレイ
가자미 Platessa Kliesche
鲽鱼
Limande Gallo Schar
鰈魚 Limande Gallo Камбала |
The dab (カレイ, Karei) is a fish in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Doubutsu no Mori e+. It appears as a medium shadow (large in the first-generation games) in the sea all day long from mid fall to mid spring. It is very similar in appearance to the olive flounder, another saltwater fish, which is even confused with the dab and outright joked about by the player in its catch quotes in Wild World and New Leaf respectively.
Catch details[edit]
In Doubutsu no Mori e+[edit]
In Wild World[edit]
In City Folk[edit]
In New Leaf[edit]
In New Leaf, the dab is used in the Dab Meunière recipe for the Harvest Festival.
In Pocket Camp[edit]
Availability | Not currently available
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Shadow size | Large |
Size | 66.8 cm – 93.1 cm |
Rarity | ★ |
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Version added | Unknown |
Villager gift data | Tier: 1 (Common)
Rewards:
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In New Horizons[edit]
In New Horizons, a dab can be used as an ingredient for Franklin to cook the Fish Meunière dish on Turkey Day in the northern hemisphere.
Time of year | North: Oct – Apr South: Apr – Oct |
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Time of day | All day |
Location | Sea |
Shadow size | Medium |
Rarity | Common |
Spawn requirement | Appears from the start of the game |
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Use in cooking[edit]
Dab is used as a cooking ingredient in the cooking recipes for the following items:
Recipes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
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802 | Fish-and-chips | ![]() |
Savory | Not for sale | ![]() ![]() |
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852 | Karei no nitsuke | ![]() |
Savory | Not for sale | ![]() |
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Donating to the museum[edit]
As with all fish and bugs in the Animal Crossing series, the dab can be donated to the museum by talking to Blathers, the curator. When donating, Blathers will tell the player a little bit about the donation. Below is what he has to say in each game.
In Doubutsu no Mori e+[edit]
In Wild World[edit]
When a dab is donated, Blathers will say this:
In City Folk[edit]
When a dab is donated, Blathers will say this:
The dab can be found in the tank at the back of the room, with other sea fish.
In New Leaf[edit]
Upon donation to the museum, the information board in front of the tank that houses the dab says:
In New Horizons[edit]
When donating to Blathers or selecting "Tell me about this!" in New Horizons, he will provide the following information about the fish:
Fishing Tourney[edit]
During a Fishing Tourney, when given a dab, Chip will say the following dialogue.
In City Folk[edit]
In New Leaf[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Real-world information[edit]
The common dab is the smallest flatfish in the world. It can be found on sandy seabeds, most commonly in the North Sea off the east coast of England.
Trivia[edit]
- The dab is tied with the ray as the fish with the shortest name in the Animal Crossing series, at three letters.
Names in other languages[edit]
カレイ karei |
Flatfish | |
가자미 gajami |
Flatfish | |
鲽鱼 diéyú |
European plaice | |
鰈魚 Unknown |
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Камбала Kambala |
Flatfish | |
Schar | Dab | |
Kliesche | Dab | |
Gallo | Megrim, another kind of flatfish | |
Limande | Dab | |
Platessa | European plaice |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ All bugs and fish in the first-generation games can appear at a lower spawn rate up to five days before the start of their first month of availability.
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