Sixspine Leatherjacket
Meuschenia freycineti
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Meuschenia freycineti, commonly called the sixspine leatherjacket. Other names include, Freycinet's leatherjacket, grey leatherjacket, orange-spotted leatherjacket, reef leatherjacket, six-spine leatherjacket, six-spined leatherjacket, Skottowe's leatherjacket and variable leatherjacket. It grows to a length of about 60 cm (24 in). It is a filefish.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Monacanthidae
- Genus
- Meuschenia