Finding Dory that cried out to be made." Conservationists warned that, very much like "Finding Nemo", the film could lead to uninformed customers buying blue tangs for home aquariums. Blue tangs cannot be bred in captivity and have to be caught in the wild. They are related to surgeonfish and exhibit razor-sharp spines on both sides of the tail that can inflict formidable wounds. While promoting the film, actress Ellen DeGeneres reminded audiences that Nemo and Dory's real-life home, the Great Barrier Reef, is under enormous threat, mostly due to coral bleaching, a process induced by climate change, which has killed coral
Yellow tang Yellow tang The yellow tang ("Zebrasoma flavescens") is a saltwater fish species of the family Acanthuridae. It is one of the most popular aquarium fish. The yellow tang was first described by English naturalist Edward Turner Bennett as "Acanthurus flavescens" in 1828 from a collection in the Hawaiian Islands. Its species name is the Latin adjective "flavescens" "yellow". Yellow tang are in the surgeonfish family. Adult fish can grow to in length, and in thickness. Adult males tend to be larger than females. Yellow tang are bright yellow in color. At night, the yellow coloring fades slightly, and a prominent