Meuschenia

Meuschenia
Meuschenia scabra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Monacanthidae
Genus:	Meuschenia Whitley, 1929
Synonyms [1]
Allomonacanthus (subgenus of Navodon) Fraser-Brunner, 1941 LaputaWhitley, 1930 NavodonWhitley, 1930 ParikaWhitley, 1955

Meuschenia is a genus of filefishes native to the coastal waters around Australia. There are nine species from the temperate southern half of Australia. ^[2]

Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus: ^[3]

Species	Common name	Image
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 scabra (J. R. Forster, 1801)	Velvet leatherjacket
Meuschenia trachylepis (Günther, 1870)	Yellowfin leatherjacket
Meuschenia venusta Hutchins, 1977	Stars and stripes leatherjacket
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

References

1. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Meuschenia". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 29 November 2025.
2. Bray, D.J. (2012). "Meuschenia". Fishes of Australia. Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 16 Oct 2014.
3. Matsuura, K. (2014). "Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014". Ichthyological Research. 62 (1): 72–113.