Velvet Leatherjacket
Meuschenia scaber
The Velvet Leatherjacket (Meuschenia scaber) is a temperate marine fish of the family Monacanthidae. It lives on the bottom, between 20 and 200 m deep. It grows to 31 cm (total length). The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
- Size
- 31 cmtotal length
- Depth
- 20–200 m
- Climate zone
- Temperate
In the wild
- Water type
- Marine
- Climate zone
- Temperate
- Habitat
- On the bottom
Depth
surface
20 m200 m
Conservation status
Classification
- FamilyMonacanthidae
- GenusMeuschenia
- SpeciesMeuschenia scaber
Quick answers
- Velvet Leatherjacket size: how big does it get?
- It grows to 31 cm (total length).
- Velvet Leatherjacket: is it endangered?
- The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
Related species
Brownstriped LeatherjacketMeuschenia australis
Yellowstriped LeatherjacketMeuschenia flavolineata
Bluelined LeatherjacketMeuschenia galii
Yellowfin LeatherjacketMeuschenia trachylepis
Stars-and-stripes LeatherjacketMeuschenia venusta
Horseshoe LeatherjacketMeuschenia hippocrepis
Sixspine LeatherjacketMeuschenia freycineti
Aiptasia-eating filefishAcreichthys tomentosus
Leafy FilefishChaetodermis penicilligerus
Bluefin LeatherjacketThamnaconus degeni
Toothbrush LeatherjacketAcanthaluteres vittiger
Largescale LeatherjacketCantheschenia grandisquamis
Sources
The figures on this page are compiled from the references below.