Meuschenia is a genus of filefishes native to the coastal waters around Australia. There are nine species from the temperate southern half of Australia.
Species There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus: +SpeciesCommon nameImageMeuschenia australis (Donovan, 1824)Southern leatherjacketMeuschenia flavolineata Hutchins, 1977Yellow-striped leatherjacketMeuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)Six-spined leatherjacketMeuschenia galii Hutchins, 1977Blue-lined leatherjacketMeuschenia hippocrepis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)Horse-shoe leatherjacketMeuschenia scabra (J. R. Forster, 1801)Velvet leatherjacketMeuschenia trachylepis (Günther, 1870)Yellowfin leatherjacketMeuschenia venusta Hutchins, 1977Stars and stripes leatherjacketMeuschenia xanthopterus (Xu & Zhan, 1988)
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