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

Meuschenia scaber 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:

277614 

Scientific:

Meuschenia scaber 

German:

Samt-Feilenfisch 

English:

Cosmopolitan Leatherjacket, Cream Fish, Kokiri, Scaber Leatherjacket 

Category:

Filefishes 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Forster, ), 1801 

Occurrence:

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

Sea depth:

5 - 200 Meter 

Size:

9.84" - 12.2" (25cm - 31cm) 

Temperature:

46.4 °F - 26,5 °F (8°C - 26,5°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:

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 16:49:11 

Last edit:

2017-08-11 10:26:43 

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