Field notes
Encounter profile
Identified using iNaturalist WoRMS.
Meuschenia hippocrepis - Meuschenia is a genus of filefishes native to the coastal waters around Australia. There are eight species from the temperate southern half of Australia.
Species profile
Horseshoe Leatherjacket
Meuschenia hippocrepis
Identified using iNaturalist WoRMS.
5
Media items
Photos and videos
4
Dives
Distinct encounters
3
Locations
Where seen
Archive ecology
Conditions where we found it
SNAP observations, not the species’ full biological range.
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Indicative archive pattern · 5 observations / 4 dives
Calendar-quarter observations
Jan–Mar4
Apr–Jun1
Camera-clock comparison
Morning · 1Night · 4
- • These distributions describe photographs in SNAP, not a species’ complete biological range.
- • No direct or profile-estimated depths are available yet.
- • Time-of-day groups use the camera clock and are not corrected for sunrise, sunset, or timezone.
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Species photographed on the same dives come first, followed by close taxonomic neighbours.
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