Meuschenia hippocrepis

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| image = Meuschenia hippocrepis P1020936.JPG

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|author=Matsuura, K.|author2= Hutchins, B. |author3= Collette, B. |author4= Nelson, J. |author5= Dooley, J. |author6= Fritzsche, R. |author7= Carpenter, K. |name-list-style=amp |year= 2010 |title= Meuschenia hippocrepis |errata= 2017 |page= e.T155231A115289349 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155231A4752635.en |access-date=19 April 2024}}

| taxon = Meuschenia hippocrepis

| authority = (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

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Meuschenia hippocrepis, commonly called the horseshoe leatherjacket, is a filefish endemic to the eastern Indian Ocean, in the temperate waters off the south and west of Australia. It grows to a length of about {{cvt|51|cm}}.{{FishBase | genus = Meuschenia | species = hippocrepis| month = December| year = 2008}} Its common name comes from a distinct horseshoe-shaped marking on their side.{{cite web|last1=Bray|first1=Dianne|title=Horseshoe Leatherjacket, Meuschenia hippocrepis |url=http://www.fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/807|website=Fishes of Australia |accessdate=1 October 2014}} It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.