User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Ruby Basarios/@comment-26034899-20160501050231

Ruby Basarios is pretty forgettable as far as Subspecies go. It's got crystals all over its back and a stronger toxic gas... and that's about it. I personally think that it would have been better as a Variant than a Subspecies as it looks and acts the exact same as the regular species save for the aforementioned crystals. The only real savings graces of it is that it tends to be more generous with Basarios Tears (at least as far as I've seen; I don't hunt it very often.) and that the armor looks and functions well.

And speaking of the regular Basarios, I recall an incident in the Everwood where I was hunting one and toppled it over, and then a Yian Kut-Ku arrived and killed it by spitting a fireball at its crotch.