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Aploactinidae (Velvetfishes)
Etymology: leichhardti: Named for the Prussian naturalist and explorer, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (1813-c.1848).
Eponymy: Ichiro Kaneko provided Tanaka with fish specimens from Nagasaki, Japan, including the holotype of Kanekonia florida. We have not been able to find further details about him. Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (1813–1848) was a Prussian naturalist and explorer noted for having made a three-thousand-mile journey across Australia. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 45 - 63 m (Ref. 95039). Tropical
Distribution
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Western Pacific: Australia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 95039)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8; Vertebrae: 25 - 26. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: D XII-XIII,8i; A I,71-8i; pectoral-fin rays 15; pelvic-fin rays I,2; gill rakers on first gill arch 1-2 + 5-7 = 6-8; lateral-line tubes 8-9; total vertebrae including urostyle 25-26; long snout 2.9-3.1 in head length; narrow head and body, body width 2.0-2.2 in HL; predorsal profile slightly notched; interorbital ridges are not prominently sculptured, converging anteriorly to form inverted Y shape, symphysis above a vertical from middle of the eye and continuing as a single ridge to the base of first dorsal-fin spine; smooth skin with minute, sparsely-distributed velvety scales (Ref. 95039).
Specimens were collected by a benthic dredge from gritty sandy bottom (Ref. 95039).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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. (Ref. 95039)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00537 (0.00215 - 0.01342), b=3.14 (2.92 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
![Image of Kanekonia leichhardti (Leichhardt\](/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_APLOACT0.gif "Image of Kanekonia leichhardti (Leichhardt\")
