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Monacanthidae
Southern leatherjacket
Meuschenia australis
Thirty Centimeters Filefish of the Eastern Indian Ocean
- Temperate
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Oceania
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
MediumSouthern leatherjacket is a marine fish of Eastern Indian Ocean. The species occupies reef habitat. The largest recorded length is 30 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Monacanthidae
- Genus
- Meuschenia
- Maximum length
- 30 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Eastern Indian Ocean: southern Australia, from South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
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