| Rubyfish | |
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| specimen from Sydney Fish Market | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Emmelichthyidae |
| Genus: | Plagiogeneion |
| Species: | P. rubiginosum
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| Binomial name | |
| Plagiogeneion rubiginosum (F. W. Hutton, 1875)
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The rubyfish (Plagiogeneion rubiginosum), also known as the cosmopolitan rubyfish, red ruby or ruby rover, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, belonging to the family Emmelichthyidae, the rovers, bonnetmouths and rubyfishes. This species is found from the southeastern Atlantic Ocean off South Africa through the Indian Ocean to the southwestern Pacific Ocean around Australia and New Zealand. This species is commercially important.
- ^ Al Abdali, F.S.H.; Al Buwaiqi, B.; Al Kindi, A.S.M.; et al. (2019). "Plagiogeneion rubiginosum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T123426979A123494667. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T123426979A123494667.en. Retrieved 13 April 2023.