Rubyfish

The rubyfish (Plagiogeneion rubiginosum) is a rover found from the southeastern Atlantic Ocean off South Africa through the Indian Ocean to the southwestern Pacific Ocean around Australia and New Zealand. This fish can be found at depths of from 50 to 600 metres (160 to 1,970 ft). It can reach a length of up to 60 centimetres (24 in) TL. This species is commercially important.[1]

Rubyfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Emmelichthyidae
Genus:
Plagiogeneion
Species:
P. rubiginosum
Binomial name
Plagiogeneion rubiginosum
(F. W. Hutton, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Therapon rubiginosus F. W. Hutton, 1875

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Plagiogeneion rubiginosum" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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