| Rubyfish | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Emmelichthyidae |
| Genus: | Plagiogeneion |
| Species: | P. rubiginosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Plagiogeneion rubiginosum (Hutton, 1875) |
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The rubyfish, Plagiogeneion rubiginosum, is a rover of the genus Plagiogeneion, found off South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and the south west Pacific, at depths of between 50 and 600 m. Its length is up to 60 cm.