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
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Monacanthidae
Genus:	Meuschenia Whitley, 1929

Species

There 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)