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Meuschenia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Meuschenia

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Monacanthidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Tetraodontiformes

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Lower classifications
  
Meuschenia hippocrepis, Smooth leatherjacket

Sixspine leatherjacket meuschenia freycineti quoy gaimard 1824 behaviour


Meuschenia is a genus of filefishes native to the coastal waters around Australia. There are eight species from the temperate southern half of Australia.

Contents

Six spine leatherjacket meuschenia freycineti


Species

There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:

  • Meuschenia australis (Donovan, 1824) (Southern leatherjacket)
  • Meuschenia flavolineata Hutchins, 1977 (Yellow-striped leatherjacket)
  • Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Six-spined leatherjacket)
  • Meuschenia galii Hutchins, 1977 (Blue-lined leatherjacket)
  • Meuschenia hippocrepis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Horse-shoe leatherjacket)
  • Meuschenia scaber (J. R. Forster, 1801) (Velvet leatherjacket)
  • Meuschenia trachylepis (Günther, 1870)
  • Meuschenia venusta Hutchins, 1977 (Stars and stripes leatherjacket)

    • References

    Meuschenia Wikipedia
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