Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Emmelichthyidae > Plagiogeneion > Plagiogeneion rubiginosum

Plagiogeneion rubiginosum (Bonnetmouth; Cosmopolitan rubyfish; Rubyfish)

Synonyms: Plagiogeneion rubiginosus; Plagiogenion rubiginosus; Therapon rubiginosus
Language: Afrikaans; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Consumers

Parasitized by 
Bivesiculoides otagoensis[1]
Pseudocardicola emmelichthy[1]
Pseudopecoelus japonicus[1]
Scolex pleuronectis[1]

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♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0