Blue Tang
Paracanthurus hepatus
Marine AnimalsConservation: Least Concern
A bright blue reef fish with a yellow tail, made famous as 'Dory'. Blue tangs graze algae on Indo-Pacific reefs and have a sharp, scalpel-like spine at the base of the tail.
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