Meuschenia

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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]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Tetraodontiformes
Family:Monacanthidae
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Meuschenia
Meuschenia scabra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Monacanthidae
Genus: Meuschenia
Whitley, 1929
Synonyms[1]
  • Allomonacanthus (subgenus of Navodon) Fraser-Brunner, 1941
  • Laputa Whitley, 1930
  • Navodon Whitley, 1930
  • Parika Whitley, 1955
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Species

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

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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)
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