Rubyfish
| Rubyfish | |
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| 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 | |
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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]
References
- 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
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Plagiogeneion rubiginosum" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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