Meuschenia venusta Beautiful Leatherjacket, Stars And Stripes Leatherjacket

Meuschenia venusta is commonly referred to as Beautiful Leatherjacket, Stars And Stripes Leatherjacket. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10957 

AphiaID:

277616 

Scientific:

Meuschenia venusta 

German:

Feilenfisch 

English:

Beautiful Leatherjacket, Stars And Stripes Leatherjacket 

Category:

Filefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Monacanthidae (Family) > Meuschenia (Genus) > venusta (Species) 

Initial determination:

Hutchins, 1977 

Occurrence:

Australia, Eastern Indian Ocean, Endemic species, New South Wales (Australia), South Australia, Vietnam, Western Australia 

Sea depth:

5 - 100 Meter 

Size:

up to 8.27" (21 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 77 °F (22°C - 25°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Meuschenia australis
  Feilenfisch
• 
  Meuschenia flavolineata
  Feilenfisch
• 
  Meuschenia freycineti
  Feilenfisch
• 
  Meuschenia galii
  Feilenfisch
• 
  Meuschenia hippocrepis
  Hufeisen-Feilenfisch
• 
  Meuschenia scaber
  Samt-Feilenfisch
• 
  Meuschenia trachylepis
  Feilenfisch
• 
  Meuschenia venusta
  Feilenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-08-08 16:32:22 

Last edit:

2020-04-26 21:09:08 

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