Marine Creature of the Month Oct'19
Marine Creature of the Month Famous Fish: Dory Photo from Wikipedia Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Conservation Status: Least Concern (LE) WHAT IS DORY? Dory, from Finding Dory , is commonly known as a Regal Blue Tang. She is a surgeonfish, indigenous to the Indo-Pacific ocean. They are flat fish, with a circular shaped body that ends in a pointed snout, the average adult blue tang growing to 30cm (12in). They have the distinct blue and black colouring, with more yellows coming through in the central Indian ocean populations. With their home being in the Indo-Pacific ocean, blue tangs are found in reefs around many countries, such as Japan, Indonesia, and the Great Barrier Reef around Australia. They are a common and abundant fish in these areas. They live in either pairs or small groups between eight and fourteen. The males are generally bigger than the females, on average an adult blue tang weighs only 600g (21oz). Photo from Live Sci...