''Meuschenia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
filefish
The filefish (Monacanthidae) are a diverse family of tropical to subtropical tetraodontiform marine fish, which are also known as foolfish, leatherjackets, or shingles. They live in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Filefish are closely ...
es native to the coastal waters around
Australia
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. There are eight species from the temperate southern half of Australia.
[Bray, D.J. (2012): ''Meuschenia'', in Fishes of Australia, accessed 16 Oct 2014, http://www.fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/genus/897 ]
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:
[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.'']
* ''
Meuschenia australis''
(Donovan
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, 1824) (Southern leatherjacket)
* ''
Meuschenia flavolineata''
Hutchins, 1977 (Yellow-striped leatherjacket)
* ''
Meuschenia freycineti''
( Quoy & Gaimard
Joseph Paul Gaimard (31 January 1793 – 10 December 1858) was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.
Biography
Gaimard was born at Saint-Zacharie on January 31, 1793. He studied medicine at the naval medical school in Toulon, subsequent ...
, 1824) (Six-spined leatherjacket)
* ''
Meuschenia galii''
Hutchins, 1977 (Blue-lined leatherjacket)
* ''
Meuschenia hippocrepis''
( Quoy & Gaimard
Joseph Paul Gaimard (31 January 1793 – 10 December 1858) was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.
Biography
Gaimard was born at Saint-Zacharie on January 31, 1793. He studied medicine at the naval medical school in Toulon, subsequent ...
, 1824) (Horse-shoe leatherjacket)
* ''
Meuschenia scaber
''Meuschenia'' is a genus of filefishes native to the coastal waters around Australia. There are eight species from the temperate southern half of Australia.Bray, D.J. (2012): ''Meuschenia'', in Fishes of Australia, accessed 16 Oct 2014, http://w ...
''
( J. R. Forster, 1801) (Velvet leatherjacket)
* ''
Meuschenia trachylepis''
( Günther, 1870)
* ''
Meuschenia venusta''
Hutchins, 1977 (Stars and stripes leatherjacket)
References
Monacanthidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley
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