title: Meuschenia
text: # Meuschenia
  
  Meuschenia is a genus of filefishes native to the coastal waters around Australia. There are eight species from the temperate southern half of Australia.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Meuschenia australis (Donovan, 1824) (Southern leatherjacket)
  * Meuschenia flavolineata Hutchins, 1977 (Yellow-striped leatherjacket)
  * Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Six-spined leatherjacket)
  * Meuschenia galii Hutchins, 1977 (Blue-lined leatherjacket)
  * Meuschenia hippocrepis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Horse-shoe leatherjacket)
  * Meuschenia scaber (J. R. Forster, 1801) (Velvet leatherjacket)
  * Meuschenia trachylepis (Günther, 1870)
  * Meuschenia venusta Hutchins, 1977 (Stars and stripes leatherjacket)
  