Paracanthurus hepatus
The latin name of the blue tang is Paracanthurus Hepatus.The latin name of the Atlantic blue tang fish is Acanthurus coeruleus.
Pacific Regal Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)
Yes. To be accurate the regal tang found in the Indo-Pacific from East Africa to Japan.
Regal tangs get about 12" long.
There does not seem to be a fish exclusively called "regal fish."There is the Regal Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus), or blue surgeonfish, which is a bright blue and yellow. The name "blue tang" is also confusingly applied to the lighter blue Acanthurus coeruleus, or Atlantic surgeonfish.
Dory is a Blue Tang fish.See Related Links below for a real blue tang fish.
It is both! The Regal Tang eats phytoplankton while other fish like a Bar Jack eats them.
Yes. Loss of habitat. Corals are dying everywhere around the world. The Blue Regal Tang lives among coral.
Larger predatory marine animals.
yes all fish have scales
The fish named Dory from the Disney movie Finding Nemo is a regal blue tang fish. The regal blue tang fish eats zooplankton and marine algae.
Regina is Latin in origin and means "ruler''.