Meuschenia scabra Cosmopolitan Leatherjacket, Cream Fish, Kokiri, Scaber Leatherjacket

Meuschenia scabra is commonly referred to as Cosmopolitan Leatherjacket, Cream Fish, Kokiri, Scaber Leatherjacket. Difficulty in the aquarium: Fish-only aquariums. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10958 

AphiaID:

1841076 

Scientific:

Meuschenia scabra 

German:

Samt-Feilenfisch 

English:

Cosmopolitan Leatherjacket, Cream Fish, Kokiri, Scaber Leatherjacket 

Category:

Vijlvissen 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Monacanthidae (Family) > Meuschenia (Genus) > scabra (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Forster, ), 1801 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bass Strait, Endemic species, Lord Howe Island, New Zealand, Tasmania (Australia), the Kermadec Islands 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

20 - 200 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

9.84" - 12.2" (25cm - 31cm) 

Temperature:

13,4 °F - 17,7 °F (13,4°C - 17,7°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Invertebrates, Sea squirts, Sponges, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Fish-only aquariums 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Meuschenia scabra
  Samt-Feilenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-08-08 16:49:11 

Last edit:

2026-01-15 16:02:21 

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