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Plagiogeneion rubiginosum (Hutton, 1875)

Rubyfish
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New Zealand country information

Common names: Rubyfish, Ruby fish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from bottom trawls off the east coast of South Island (Ref. 58461). Type locality. First record in the Chatham Islands (Ref. 45493). Voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ. Also Ref. 4537, 5325, 10394, 28705, 75154.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan, 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Emmelichthyidae (Rovers)
Etymology: Plagiogeneion: Greek, plagios = oblique + Greek, geny, genyos, diminutive = face (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 30 - 600 m (Ref. 106682).   Deep-water; 22°S - 40°S, 14°E - 170°E

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