- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- SCORPAENIFORMES
- APLOACTINIDAE
- Kanekonia
- queenslandica
Deep Velvetfish, Kanekonia queenslandica Whitley 1952
A Deep Velvetfish, Kanekonia queenslandica, at the South Cottesloe Sponge Gardens, Perth, Western Australia, June 2022. Source: jmartincrossley / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A small brownish to brick-red velvetfish, sometimes with a few scattered small irregular darker blotches, often faint dusky speckling on the fins and blue eyes.
Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2025, Kanekonia queenslandica in Fishes of Australia, accessed 05 Jun 2026, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1766
Deep Velvetfish, Kanekonia queenslandica Whitley 1952
More Info
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Distribution |
Cockburn Sound, Western Australia, around the tropical north to Moreton Island, Queensland, and Gulf St Vincent and Spencer Gulf to off Venus Bay, South Australia. Inhabits silty, muddy and sandy areas in depths of 12–64 m. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin XII, 7–8; Anal fin I, 7–9; Caudal fin 14–15; Pectoral fin 13–14; Pelvic fin I, 3. Lateral line 10–12. Body depth 37–42% SL; head sharply inclined, length 38–42% SL; interorbit with network of divergent bony ridges, forming shallow pits; 1st dorsal-fin spine short, about 1/3 length of 2nd spine, 3rd and succeeding spines gradually decreasing in length posteriorly. |
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Colour |
Pale fleshy brown to dusky yellowish or reddish above, sometimes with a few small irregular darker blotches scattered on the body; fins often with faint dusky speckling; eyes blue. |
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Etymology |
The specific name refers to the type locality - northern Queensland. |
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Species Citation |
Kanekonia queenslandica Whitley, 1952, Proc. Roy. Zool. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1950/51: 30. Type locality: Albany Passage, Queensland. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2025 |
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Resources |
Deep Velvetfish, Kanekonia queenslandica Whitley 1952
References
Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp.
Johnson, J.W. 2004. Two new species and two new records of aploactinid fishes (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 179-188
Johnson, J.W. 2008. Family Aploactinidae. pp. 501-503 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp
Johnson, J.W. 2013. Kanekonia leichhardti, a new species of velvetfish (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Aploactinidae) from the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 58: 397-410. https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.58.2013.2013-17
Poss, S.G. 1999. Families Scorpaenidae, Caracanthidae, Aploactinidae. pp. 2291-2358 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790.
Poss, S.G. & Eschmeyer, W.N. 1978. Two new Australian velvetfishes, genus Paraploactis (Scorpaeniformes : Aploactinidae) with a revision of the genus and comments on the genera and species of the Aploactinidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 41(18): 401-426 figs 1-14
Whitley, G.P. 1952. Some noteworthy fishes from eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1950–51: 27-32 figs 1-5. See ref at BHL
