Horseshoe Leatherjacket
Meuschenia hippocrepis
The Horseshoe Leatherjacket (Meuschenia hippocrepis) is a temperate marine fish of the family Monacanthidae. It lives on the bottom. It grows to 51 cm (total length). The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
- Size
- 51 cmtotal length
- Climate zone
- Temperate
In the wild
- Water type
- Marine
- Climate zone
- Temperate
- Habitat
- On the bottom
Conservation status
Classification
- FamilyMonacanthidae
- GenusMeuschenia
- SpeciesMeuschenia hippocrepis
Quick answers
- Horseshoe Leatherjacket size: how big does it get?
- It grows to 51 cm (total length).
- Horseshoe Leatherjacket: is it endangered?
- The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
Related species
Sixspine LeatherjacketMeuschenia freycineti
Yellowfin LeatherjacketMeuschenia trachylepis
Bluelined LeatherjacketMeuschenia galii
Velvet LeatherjacketMeuschenia scaber
Brownstriped LeatherjacketMeuschenia australis
Yellowstriped LeatherjacketMeuschenia flavolineata
Stars-and-stripes LeatherjacketMeuschenia venusta
Aiptasia-eating filefishAcreichthys tomentosus
Black Reef LeatherjacketEubalichthys bucephalus
Spinytail LeatherjacketAcanthaluteres brownii
Bluetail LeatherjacketEubalichthys cyanoura
Mosaic LeatherjacketEubalichthys mosaicus
Sources
The figures on this page are compiled from the references below.