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.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Sixspine Leatherjacket being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Meuschenia hippocrepis
- Acanthaluteres brownii
- Meuschenia trachylepis
- Meuschenia galii
- Meuschenia scabra
- Eubalichthys cyanoura
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Monacanthidae
- Genus
- Meuschenia
- Species
- Meuschenia freycineti
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