Regal Blue Tang
By: Cassady Sawyers
Fishie Names
Scientific Name: Paracanthurus hepatus
Habitat
Adaptations
Eyes- small which usually means a shallow water fish
Fins- large pelvic fin for it's body purpose for bottom dweller
Body Shape- flat from side to side (pancake like) purpose of this body shape is to be almost invisible from the front and rear, feeds above and below
Scales- small scale purpose for fast swimmer
Coloration- stripe through eye purpose helps to camouflage fish by hiding the eye
Fun Facts
2. They get the name surgeonfish from the sharp "scalpel" they have at the base of their tail fin.
3. The Regal Blue Tang is the species of fish "Dory" is from the movie, Finding Nemo.
Works Cited
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z25Hb5Hp1eY/TsJFyhcn4XI/AAAAAAAACLg/NKgzeU75T3o/s1600/Blue+Tang5.jpg
http://bailiffafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/coral-reef.jpg
http://topnews.in/usa/files/Indo-Pacific-region.gif
http://www.toledozoo.org/animals/fact-pages/aquarium/blue_tang/data.html