Meuschenia flavolineata Orange-tailed Leatherjacket, Yellow-stripe Leatherjacket, Yellow-striped Leatherjacket, Yellowtail Leatherjacket, Yellow-tailed Leatherjacket

Meuschenia flavolineata is commonly referred to as Orange-tailed Leatherjacket, Yellow-stripe Leatherjacket, Yellow-striped Leatherjacket, Yellowtail Leatherjacket, Yellow-tailed 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:

10927 

AphiaID:

277611 

Scientific:

Meuschenia flavolineata 

German:

Feilenfisch 

English:

Orange-tailed Leatherjacket, Yellow-stripe Leatherjacket, Yellow-striped Leatherjacket, Yellowtail Leatherjacket, Yellow-tailed Leatherjacket 

Category:

Filfisk 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Hutchins, 1977 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bass Strait, Eastern Indian Ocean, Endemic species, New South Wales (Australia), South Australia, Tasmania (Australia), Western Australia 

Sea depth:

15 - 50 Meter 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

55.4 °F - 77 °F (13°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Crustaceans, Invertebrates, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

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:

2017-07-21 18:20:48 

Last edit:

2020-04-26 20:53:51 

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