Meuschenia

Meuschenia
File:Parika scaber (Smooth leatherjacket).jpg
Meuschenia scabra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Monacanthidae
Genus:	Meuschenia Whitley, 1929
Synonyms
Whitley, 1930 Fraser-Brunner, 1941 Whitley, 1955 Laputa Allomonacanthus (subgenus of Navodon) Whitley, 1930 Navodon Parika

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

Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:

Species	Common name	Image
Meuschenia australis (Donovan, 1824)	Southern leatherjacket	File:Meuschenia australis, Sorell, AU-TS, AU imported from iNaturalist photo 254197562 (cropped).jpg
Meuschenia flavolineata Hutchins, 1977	Yellow-striped leatherjacket	File:Meuschenia flavolineata 27891216 (cropped).jpg
Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)	Six-spined leatherjacket	File:Meuschenia freycineti 183629299 (cropped).jpg
Meuschenia galii Hutchins, 1977	Blue-lined leatherjacket	File:Meuschenia galii 468000742 (cropped).jpg
Meuschenia hippocrepis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)	Horse-shoe leatherjacket	File:Meuschenia hippocrepis by DaijuAzuma (cropped).JPG
Meuschenia scabra (J. R. Forster, 1801)	Velvet leatherjacket	File:Meuschenia scabra 182044384 (cropped).jpg
Meuschenia trachylepis (Günther, 1870)	Yellowfin leatherjacket	File:Meuschenia trachylepis 487440068 (cropped).jpg
Meuschenia venusta Hutchins, 1977	Stars and stripes leatherjacket	File:Meuschenia venusta Stars and stripes leatherjacket PC280311 (cropped).JPG
Meuschenia xanthopterus (Xu & Zhan, 1988)

Gallery

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  M. galii
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  M. flavolineata
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  M. freycineti
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  M. scabra
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  M. hippocrepis
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  M. trachylepis