Meuschenia

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]

Meuschenia
Meuschenia scaber
Meuschenia freycineti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Monacanthidae
Genus: Meuschenia
Whitley, 1929

Species

There are currently 8 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
  1. 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
  2. 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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