Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) is a animal in the Monacanthidae family, order Tetraodontiformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Meuschenia freycineti, the sixspine leatherjacket, is a 60 cm filefish endemic to temperate southern Australian waters.

Family
Genus
Meuschenia
Order
Tetraodontiformes
Class

About Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) is a species of filefish. It is most commonly known as the sixspine leatherjacket, and has many other common names: Freycinet's leatherjacket, grey leatherjacket, orange-spotted leatherjacket, reef leatherjacket, six-spine leatherjacket, six-spined leatherjacket, Skottowe's leatherjacket, and variable leatherjacket. This species grows to a length of approximately 60 cm (24 in). It is endemic to the temperate waters of southern Australia.

Photo: (c) J. Martin Crossley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by J. Martin Crossley · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Tetraodontiformes Monacanthidae Meuschenia

More from Monacanthidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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