Olive flounder

The Olive Flounder is an uncommon fish that can be found in the ocean. It appears all day at any time during the year. It is a member of the flatfish group. This fish is a lighter brown than the dab and faces the opposite direction. Flatfish as a whole are very similar, referenced by the Player's comment in Wild World when the fish is originally mistaken for a Dab.

Donating to the Museum
As with all bugs and fish in, 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 ;

"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, Blathers will say:

"Olive flounders are masters of self-transformation... who, I'm told, can grow to almost 40 inches 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 sand, with other ocean fish.

Further Information
The Olive Flounder (also called the Bastard Halibut) 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 metre in length which is far larger than most other species that typically never reach more than 30 cm.