A large blue tang fish at Fishy Business sells for $250; the species can range in size from 1.5 inches to 6.5 inches. At East Shore Coral in West Columbia, some customers last week had an ...

Technically the fish is called a blue tang, but after the new ‘Finding Dory’ movie comes out next week, even more kids will be calling this fish by its cartoon name, and many of them are going ...

RUSKIN, Fla. (CBSMiami/AP) — You might be able to find Disney's beloved "Dory" in your own aquarium soon. The beautiful blue tang fish will be bred in Florida, not the Pacific Ocean.

While these fish are typically found in the ocean, they can also be purchased at pet stores such as PetCo. When in captivity, blue tangs can live up to 20 years, according to National Geographic.

Three Florida men from the mainland were cited Saturday after police said they were caught with six undersized mutton snapper and one blue tang fish. Aldrick Carlvert Gardiner, 25, and Clifton ...

Dory — the animated blue tang fish who is a friend of the beloved fish characters Nemo and Marlin — made her debut in a starring role this weekend to large audiences in Columbia.

Buyer beware, the blue tang is not a fish for the fainthearted. Adam Sneesby with Aquatics unlimited joins Real Milwaukee with some better alternatives for a home aquarium.

Trade data show that out of nearly 2,300 saltwater aquarium fish species imported to the U.S., blue tangs have been ranked as high as the 10th most imported fish, thanks in part to their eye ...

This image released by Disney shows the character Dory, voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, in a scene from "Finding Dory." Fish experts worry that the public will want to purchase blue tang fish, which ...

Why You Should Not Buy A Royal Blue Tang Fish Like Dory Unlike the orange clownfish that could be bred in captivity, Dory's species can only breed in the wild. Scientists say they have failed to ...

Additionally, blue tang are not always small. According to The Nature Conservancy, "adults average 12 inches in length" and can sometimes live in packs of 10-12 fish.

"An Osprey caught a pretty large Caribbean Blue Tang. While flying over, the raptor looked me straight in the eyes as if it wanted to show me its just obtained trophy," he wrote in part. The fish ...