Meuschenia is a genus of filefishes native to the coastal waters around Australia. There are eight species from the temperate southern half of Australia.[1]
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| Meuschenia scaber | |
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| Meuschenia freycineti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Monacanthidae |
| Genus: | Meuschenia Whitley, 1929 |
Species
editThere are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- 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
edit- ^ Bray, D.J. (2012): Meuschenia, in Fishes of Australia, accessed 16 Oct 2014, http://www.fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/genus/897 Archived 2014-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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.
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