Sixspine Leatherjacket
Meuschenia freycineti
The Sixspine Leatherjacket (Meuschenia freycineti) is a temperate marine fish of the family Monacanthidae. It lives on the bottom, between 1 and 100 m deep. It grows to 60 cm (total length). The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
- Size
- 60 cmtotal length
- Depth
- 1–100 m
- Climate zone
- Temperate
In the wild
- Water type
- Marine
- Climate zone
- Temperate
- Habitat
- On the bottom
Depth
surface
1 m100 m
Conservation status
Classification
- FamilyMonacanthidae
- GenusMeuschenia
- SpeciesMeuschenia freycineti
Quick answers
- Sixspine Leatherjacket size: how big does it get?
- It grows to 60 cm (total length).
- Sixspine Leatherjacket: is it endangered?
- The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
Related species
Horseshoe LeatherjacketMeuschenia hippocrepis
Yellowfin LeatherjacketMeuschenia trachylepis
Bluelined LeatherjacketMeuschenia galii
Velvet LeatherjacketMeuschenia scaber
Brownstriped LeatherjacketMeuschenia australis
Yellowstriped LeatherjacketMeuschenia flavolineata
Stars-and-stripes LeatherjacketMeuschenia venusta
Aiptasia-eating filefishAcreichthys tomentosus
Mosaic LeatherjacketEubalichthys mosaicus
Spinytail LeatherjacketAcanthaluteres brownii
Black Reef LeatherjacketEubalichthys bucephalus
Unicorn LeatherjacketAluterus monoceros
Sources
The figures on this page are compiled from the references below.