WoRMS taxon details
Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
220060 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220060)
accepted
Species
Balistes freycineti Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 · unaccepted
Meuschenia skottowei Whitley, 1934 · unaccepted
Monacanthus multiradiatus Günther, 1870 · unaccepted
Stephanolepis freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) · unaccepted
Thamnaconus frecyneti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Balistes freycineti Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
Description Adults occur on the continental shelf while juveniles are found in estuaries and shallow bays (Ref. 9563).
Description Adults occur on the continental shelf while juveniles are found in estuaries and shallow bays (Ref. 9563). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220060 on 2025-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Balistes freycineti Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Monacanthus multiradiatus Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549. [details]
original description (of Meuschenia skottowei Whitley, 1934) Whitley, G. P. (1934). Studies in ichthyology. No. 8. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 19 (no. 2): 153-163. [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]
original description (of Monacanthus multiradiatus Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549. [details]
original description (of Meuschenia skottowei Whitley, 1934) Whitley, G. P. (1934). Studies in ichthyology. No. 8. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 19 (no. 2): 153-163. [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Adults occur on the continental shelf while juveniles are found in estuaries and shallow bays (Ref. 9563). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | xix-spined leatherjacket | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Stephanolepis freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Balistes freycineti Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Monacanthus multiradiatus Günther, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Meuschenia freycineti)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Stephanolepis freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase (from synonym Meuschenia skottowei Whitley, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Thamnaconus frecyneti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase (from synonym Monacanthus multiradiatus Günther, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes freycineti Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To FishBase images (Meuschenia freycineti, Australia, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Balistes freycineti Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Meuschenia freycineti FIN030886 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Stephanolepis freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Balistes freycineti Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Monacanthus multiradiatus Günther, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Meuschenia freycineti)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Stephanolepis freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase (from synonym Meuschenia skottowei Whitley, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Thamnaconus frecyneti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase (from synonym Monacanthus multiradiatus Günther, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes freycineti Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To FishBase images (Meuschenia freycineti, Australia, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Balistes freycineti Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Meuschenia freycineti FIN030886 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
