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title: "Sixspine Leatherjacket"
description: "Meuschenia freycineti — Vissen. Meuschenia freycineti, commonly called the sixspine leatherjacket."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/sixspine-leatherjacket
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sixspine Leatherjacket

> Meuschenia freycineti — Vissen. Meuschenia freycineti, commonly called the sixspine leatherjacket.

- Scientific name: *Meuschenia freycineti*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 2573
- Wikidata: [Q1887880](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1887880)
- iNaturalist taxon: [353493](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/353493)

## Names

- en: Sixspine Leatherjacket
- de: Sechsstachel-Feilenfisch

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2367)

## Summary

Meuschenia freycineti, commonly called the sixspine leatherjacket. Other names include, Freycinet's leatherjacket, grey leatherjacket, orange-spotted leatherjacket, reef leatherjacket, six-spine leatherjacket, six-spined leatherjacket, Skottowe's leatherjacket and variable leatherjacket. It grows to a length of about 60 cm (24 in). It is a filefish.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meuschenia_freycineti

## Photo

![Sixspine Leatherjacket](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sixspine-leatherjacket/medium.jpg)

Photo: marsyd · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/264912668

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sixspine-leatherjacket?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).