Meuschenia australis Brown-striped Leatherjacket, Donovan's Leatherjacket, Southern Leatherjacket, White-banded Leatherjacket

Meuschenia australis is commonly referred to as Brown-striped Leatherjacket, Donovan's Leatherjacket, Southern Leatherjacket, White-banded Leatherjacket. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

10854 

AphiaID:

277610 

Scientific:

Meuschenia australis 

German:

Feilenfisch 

English:

Brown-striped Leatherjacket, Donovan's Leatherjacket, Southern Leatherjacket, White-banded Leatherjacket 

Category:

Filfisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Monacanthidae (Family) > Meuschenia (Genus) > australis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Donovan, ), 1824 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bass Strait, Endemic species, South Australia, Tasmania (Australia), Victoria (Australia) 

Sea depth:

0 - 30 Meter 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

13,2 °F - 17,9 °F (13,2°C - 17,9°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Meuschenia australis
  Feilenfisch
• 
  Meuschenia flavolineata
  Feilenfisch
• 
  Meuschenia freycineti
  Feilenfisch
• 
  Meuschenia galii
  Feilenfisch
• 
  Meuschenia hippocrepis
  Hufeisen-Feilenfisch
• 
  Meuschenia scaber
  Samt-Feilenfisch
• 
  Meuschenia trachylepis
  Feilenfisch
• 
  Meuschenia venusta
  Feilenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-06-25 18:27:10 

Last edit:

2020-04-26 20:51:26 

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