Plagiogeneion rubiginosum (Hutton, 1875)
Rubyfish
photo by Yau, B.

Family:  Emmelichthyidae (Rovers)
Max. size:  60 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 10 years
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range 30 - 600 m
Distribution:  Southeast Atlantic: Vema Seamount west of Cape Town and off Algoa Bay, and Walvis Bay in Namibia. Southern Indo-West Pacific: St. Paul and Amsterdam Islands, southern Australia, and New Zealand.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 12-12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-12; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 10-10. Rosy pink in color, brownish dorsally, silvery below; fins red, tips of caudal fin blackish (Ref. 5325).
Biology:  Adults occur near sandy or muddy bottom in deep water. Feeds on larger zooplankton (Ref. 3394). Marketed fresh or frozen and proves to be an excellent foodfish (Ref. 115123).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 28 June 2018 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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