Rubyfish (Plagiogeneion rubiginosum)

Scientific name: Plagiogeneion rubiginosum Hutton, 1875

Rubyfish (Plagiogeneion rubiginosum)

The Rubyfish (Plagiogeneion rubiginosum) is a marine fish of the family Emmelichthyidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines: 12; Dorsal soft rays: 10-12; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 10. Rosy pink in color, brownish dorsally, silvery below; fins red, tips of caudal fin blackish.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Plagiogeneion rubiginosum
Family
Emmelichthyidae (Rovers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
60.0
Depth range
50–600 m (164–1969 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 50 - 600 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: St. Paul and Amsterdam Islands, Sri Lanka, southern Australia, and New Zealand. Southeast Atlantic: Vema Seamount west of Cape Town and off Algoa Bay.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=10; K=0.33)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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