Velvet Leatherjacket
Meuschenia scabra
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The smooth leatherjacket or velvet leatherjacket is a filefish of the family Monacanthidae, found off eastern Australia and all around New Zealand to depths of about 100 m (330 ft), on rocky weedy reef areas. Its length is between 25 and 31 cm. In New Zealand it is simply known as leatherjacket as it is the only fish of this family commonly found there, by the Māori language name kōkiri, or by its commercial name cream fish.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Monacanthidae
- Genus
- Meuschenia