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Meuschenia is a genus of filefishes native to the coastal waters around Australia. There are nine species from the temperate southern half of Australia.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderTetraodontiformes
  5. FamilyMonacanthidae
Habitatmarine

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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: {| class="wikitable" |+ !Species !Common name !Image |- |Meuschenia australis (Donovan, 1824) |Southern leatherjacket |frameless |- |Meuschenia flavolineata Hutchins, 1977 |Yellow-striped leatherjacket |frameless |- |Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) |Six-spined leatherjacket |frameless |- |Meuschenia galii Hutchins, 1977 |Blue-lined leatherjacket |frameless |- |Meuschenia hippocrepis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) |Horse-shoe leatherjacket |frameless |- |Meuschenia scabra (J. R. Forster, 1801) |Velvet leatherjacket |frameless |- |Meuschenia trachylepis (Günther, 1870) |Yellowfin leatherjacket |frameless |- |Meuschenia venusta Hutchins, 1977 |Stars and stripes leatherjacket |frameless |- |Meuschenia xanthopterus (Xu & Zhan, 1988) | | |}

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