Brownstriped Leatherjacket
Meuschenia australis
The Brownstriped Leatherjacket (Meuschenia australis) is a temperate marine fish of the family Monacanthidae. It lives on and around reefs. It grows to 30 cm (total length). The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
- Size
- 30 cmtotal length
- Climate zone
- Temperate
In the wild
- Water type
- Marine
- Climate zone
- Temperate
- Habitat
- Coral and rocky reefs
Conservation status
Classification
- FamilyMonacanthidae
- GenusMeuschenia
- SpeciesMeuschenia australis
Quick answers
- Brownstriped Leatherjacket size: how big does it get?
- It grows to 30 cm (total length).
- Brownstriped Leatherjacket: is it endangered?
- The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
Related species
Yellowstriped LeatherjacketMeuschenia flavolineata
Velvet LeatherjacketMeuschenia scaber
Bluelined LeatherjacketMeuschenia galii
Stars-and-stripes LeatherjacketMeuschenia venusta
Yellowfin LeatherjacketMeuschenia trachylepis
Horseshoe LeatherjacketMeuschenia hippocrepis
Sixspine LeatherjacketMeuschenia freycineti
Aiptasia-eating filefishAcreichthys tomentosus
Leafy FilefishChaetodermis penicilligerus
Bluefin LeatherjacketThamnaconus degeni
Largescale LeatherjacketCantheschenia grandisquamis
Toothbrush LeatherjacketAcanthaluteres vittiger
Sources
The figures on this page are compiled from the references below.