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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Emmelichthyidae Rovers

Genus: Plagiogeneion

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5 species (see list below)

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Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 27 cm SL
 
Plagiogeneion fiolenti
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No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 28 cm SL
 
Plagiogeneion geminatum
[]

Photo by CSIRO

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 47 cm SL
Plagiogeneion macrolepis McCulloch, 1914

Photo by CSIRO
 
Plagiogeneion macrolepis
[Bigscale rubyfish]

Photo by Yau, B.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 60 cm TL
Plagiogeneion rubiginosum (Hutton, 1875)

Photo by Yau, B.
 
Plagiogeneion rubiginosum
[Rubyfish]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 23.9 cm SL
 
Plagiogeneion unispina
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5 Species of Family Emmelichthyidae with Genus Plagiogeneion
(Rovers)
Sort by: Species Length Year
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1991 Plagiogeneion fiolenti Western Indian Ocean 27 SL
1991 Plagiogeneion geminatum Southeast Pacific 28 SL
1914 Plagiogeneion macrolepis Bigscale rubyfish Eastern Indian Ocean 47 SL
1875 Plagiogeneion rubiginosum Rubyfish Indo-West Pacific 60 TL
1991 Plagiogeneion unispina Southeast Pacific 23.9 SL



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