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 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[edit]
In Doubutsu no Mori e+[edit]
In Wild World[edit]
"I caught a dab! Oh wait... Are you an olive flounder? Oh, yeah, you are, aren't you?"
In City Folk[edit]
In New Leaf[edit]
In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the olive flounder is used for the Soup de Poisson and Olive Flounder Meunière recipes for the Harvest Festival.
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[edit]
The olive flounder is one of the 14 fish in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp that has been in the game since its release.
Availability | Currently available (since March 26, 2024)
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Shadow size | Large |
Size | 66.8 cm – 93.2 cm |
Rarity | ★ |
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Version added | 0.9.0 |
Villager gift data | Tier: 1 (Common)
Rewards:
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In New Horizons[edit]
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 |
Rarity | Common |
Spawn requirement | Appears from the start of the game |
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Use in cooking[edit]
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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853 | Sautéed olive flounder | ![]() |
Savory | Not for sale | ![]() |
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924 | Olive-flounder meunière | ![]() |
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Donating to the museum[edit]
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 Doubutsu no Mori e+[edit]
In Wild World[edit]
Blathers has this to say about the olive flounder in Animal Crossing: Wild World:
In City Folk[edit]
Upon donating the olive flounder in Animal Crossing: City Folk, Blathers will say the following dialogue:
It can be found in the tank at the back of the aquarium, hiding underneath the sand, with other sea fish.
In New Leaf[edit]
The information board in front of the tank that holds the olive flounder says the following:
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 an olive flounder, Chip will say the following dialogue.
In City Folk[edit]
In New Leaf[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Real-world information[edit]
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[edit]
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 (lit. "false halibut") | |
Bot | European flounder | |
Flunder | Flounder | |
Rodaballo | Turbot | |
Cardeau | Paralichthys | |
Sogliola | Sole |
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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