The caudal spine contains a toxin that can cause severe pain, to small predators as well as humans. Adult regal blue tang fish typically weigh around 21.15 ounces (600 grams) and are 4.72 to 14.96 ...

Finally, as adults, blue tangs sport a “deep blue to purplish-blue with a yellow caudal spine,” according to the museum. Blue tangs typically reach 12 inches in length and can be found off the ...

Dory’s real-life counterpart is a Paracanthurus hepatus, or Pacific blue tang fish, which is sometimes referred to as a royal blue tang or hippo tang. The name is slightly misleading ...

Now, with two weeks to go until the very-hyped opening of Finding Dory — the Disney/Pixar sequel to Nemo --concern mounts for what may happen with the Pacific blue tang. "You'll be shocked to ...

So when the sequel Finding Dory came out 13 years later, starring a forgetful but lovable blue tang fish, there were concerns among conservationists that the wild population would suffer the same ...

The Pacific blue tang is the inspiration for the hero of PIxar's upcoming movie, "Finding Dory." Magnus Manske, via Wikimedia Commons Early on in Pixar’s Finding Nemo, the titular clownfish is ...