''Plagiogeneion'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of fish in the family

Emmelichthyidae The Emmelichthyidae are a family of small to medium-sized marine fish known commonly as rovers. The family was once much larger, including a wide range of plankton-eating fish, but most of the genera were discovered to be unrelated examples of p ...

, the rovers. Members of this genus are native to the southeastern

Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

, and

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''

Plagiogeneion fiolenti ''Plagiogeneion'' is a genus of fish in the family Emmelichthyidae, the rovers. Members of this genus are native to the southeastern Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oc ...

'' Parin, 1991 * ''

Plagiogeneion geminatum ''Plagiogeneion'' is a genus of fish in the family Emmelichthyidae, the rovers. Members of this genus are native to the southeastern Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''P ...

'' Parin, 1991 * ''

Plagiogeneion macrolepis ''Plagiogeneion'' is a genus of fish in the family Emmelichthyidae, the rovers. Members of this genus are native to the southeastern Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''P ...

McCulloch McCulloch is a Scottish surname. It's a variation of the Northern Irish surname McCullough. It's commonly found in Galloway. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan McCulloch (politician), New Zealand politician *Alan McLeod McCulloch (1 ...

, 1914 – bigscale rubyfish * ''

Plagiogeneion rubiginosum 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 New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) ...

'' ( F. W. Hutton, 1875) – rubyfish * ''

Plagiogeneion unispina ''Plagiogeneion'' is a genus of fish in the family Emmelichthyidae, the rovers. Members of this genus are native to the southeastern Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''P ...

'' Parin, 1991

References

Emmelichthyidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Henry Ogg Forbes {{Perciformes-stub