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 ...

One of the biggest movie stars of 2016 is Dory, a precocious and forgetful fish featured in "Finding Dory." Dory is a cartoon depiction of a Paracanthurus hepatus, a type of surgeonfish that also ...

1. IT HAS A LOT OF ALIASES. Though the fish's scientific name is paracanthurus hepatus, it's also known as Pacific blue tang, royal blue tang, hippo tang, regal tang and palette surgeonfish ...

The problem with keeping exotic fish such as clownfish (the group to which Nemo and his father, Marlin, belong) and blue tangs (like the forgetful Dory) as pets is that they aren’t as easy ...