Blue-lined Leatherjacket
Meuschenia galii
- Usual depth2–13 m
- Water temperature16–23 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, March, and December
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) leonie_rennie, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 80 records
- February: 52 records
- March: 84 records
- April: 49 records
- May: 59 records
- June: 17 records
- July: 28 records
- August: 51 records
- September: 47 records
- October: 26 records
- November: 34 records
- December: 72 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–13 m · Deepest record: 37 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 16–23 °C
Photos
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Josh Nitschke, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Grady Duffy, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Grady Duffy, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Josh Nitschke, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Belinda Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Blue-lined Leatherjacket, Bluelined Leatherjacket, Gale's Leatherjacket, Gal's Leatherjacket
Other scientific names: Pseudomonacanthus galii
Similar species
Cosmopolitan LeatherjacketMeuschenia scabra
Brown-striped LeatherjacketMeuschenia australis
Orange-tailed LeatherjacketMeuschenia flavolineata
Xix-spined leatherjacketMeuschenia freycineti
Horse-shoe LeatherjacketMeuschenia hippocrepis
Yellowfin LeatherjacketMeuschenia trachylepis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 636 open-data records from 1921 to 2023.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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