Animalia > Chordata > Tetraodontiformes > Monacanthidae > Meuschenia

Meuschenia (Filefish)

Synonyms: Allomonacanthus; Parika

Wikipedia Abstract

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

Meuschenia australis (Southern leatherjacket)
Meuschenia flavolineata (Yellow-striped leatherjacket)
Meuschenia freycineti (Variable leatherjacket)
Meuschenia galii (Gal's leatherjacket)
Meuschenia hippocrepis (Horse-shoe leatherjacket)
Meuschenia scaber (Velvet leatherjacket)
Meuschenia trachylepis
Meuschenia venusta (Stars and stripes leatherjacket)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0