Moorish Idol: “Gill” Another really popular character from the movie, Gill is a Moorish idol which is often mistakenly identified as a butterflyfish, angelfish, bannerfish, or pennant fish, which appear in similar colors.
Dory, the small blue fish with a bad memory from the "Finding Nemo" franchise, is a blue tang, or a Paracanthurus hepatus in scientific terms. Native to the Indo-Pacific and found in coral reefs, these fish weigh around one pound and are generally 10 to 12 inches long, according to National Geographic.
He is an eagle ray who believes in the practical, taking his little fishy pupils for a ride on his back to teach them about the other creatures of the seabed and singing a whole bunch of memory-aiding ditties along the way.
Chum is a character in Disney/Pixar's 2003 animated film Finding Nemo. He is an extremely hyperactive mako shark and a member of the Fish-Friendly Sharks support group. He, for fishing reasons, has a hook lodged in his snout.
In the film 'Finding Nemo', the character 'Gill' is a Moorish Idol. He has some pretty bad scarring, which he got from landing on dentist tools when he tried to escape one time. Fish do scar if they are damaged like that, though dentist tools are not usually found near fish tanks!
Gill, along with the rest of the Tank Gang, appears in the post-credits scene. They are still trapped in their respective bags, now covered with algae, and then rescued by the Marine Life Institute volunteers.
Nemo is a curious and impressionable six-year-old, only child who lives with his overprotective, single-parent father, Marlin. Having led a sheltered life, Nemo brims with the excitement of starting school and finally seeing the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef.
The clownfish featured in 'Finding Nemo' are Percula clownfish or 'Amphiprion percula'. There are 30 different species of clownfish, we keep three different kinds including the percula. Percula clownfish are found in the Western pacific - Queensland and Melanesia.
The Scar Diamond Angel (Pterophyllum scalare) is a very elegant and beautiful angelfish variety. The wild-form striping is minimal, and is mostly replaced by bright blue coloration as the fish matures. This shoaling cichlid is relatively peaceful compared to other members of the cichlid family.
Banded leporinus are torpedo-shaped, striped yellow and black freshwater fish found primarily in the creeks and streams of the Amazon River basin in Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela where they feed on plants, fruits and leaves.
Mr. Shark is an anthropomorphic Great white shark who mainly wears a suit with pants that have one open end to fit his tail. Throughout the books he wears a variety of different disguises based on living or non living things.
Dory is a regal (or royal) blue tang, or in binomial language, Paracanthurus hepatus. The other species Acanthurus coeruleus, is known as the Atlantic blue tang.
Dory's species of blue tang, Paracanthurus hepatus, has many different names: blue tang, doctorfish, common surgeon, regal tang, palette surgeonfish, royal blue tang, hippo tang, flagtail surgeonfish, Pacific regal blue tang, and blue surgeonfish.
