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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) >
Emmelichthyidae (Rovers)
Etymology: Plagiogeneion: Greek, plagios = oblique + Greek, geny, genyos, diminutive = face (Ref. 45335); geminatum: Named for its close similarity to P. rubiginosum..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 200 m (Ref. 28705). Tropical
Southeast Pacific: known only from one seamount of the Nazca Ridge.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 28705)
Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
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Parin, N.V., 1991. Three new species of the benthopelagic fish genus Plagiogeneion from the southern Pacific and Indian oceans (Teleostei: Emmelichthyidae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 104(3):459-467. (Ref. 28705)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
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