Image: Velvet Leatherjacket, Meuschenia scaber
A small juvenile Velvet Leatherjacket at a depth of 3 m, Chowder Bay, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, April 2011.
- Photographer:
- Richard Vevers
- Rights:
- © Richard Vevers
- Common name:
- Velvet Leatherjacket
- Scientific name:
- Meuschenia scaber
- Family:
- Monacanthidae
- Order:
- Tetraondontiformes
Additional information
Thank you to Dr Barry Hutchins for identifying this fish.
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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Meuschenia scaber, Monacanthidae, Velvet Leatherjacket, white, brownish, flatfish, 30 cm - 1 m, blotches, rocky reef, marine, greyish, large dark blotches,
