Image: Mark with Yellowfin Leatherjacket
Fish Collection Manager, Mark McGrouther holding a Yellowfin Leatherjacket. The fish was collected during the Sydney Ports sampling project in May 2001.
- Photographer:
- Sally Reader
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Yellowfin Leatherjacket
- Scientific name:
- Meuschenia trachylepis
- Family:
- Monacanthidae
- Order:
- Tetraodontiformes
Additional information
The reason for Mark's 'pained' expression, is that he had just extracted a Leatherjacket Louse from the fish. The crater in the fish's belly marks the spot from which the parasite was removed.
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Tags Mark McGrouther, Leatherjacket Louse, Yellow-finned Leatherjacket, Meuschenia trachylepis, Monacanthidae, Sydney Harbour,
