Kanekonia

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Kanekonia
Kanekonia queenslandica.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Order:
Family:
Aploactinidae
Genus:
Kanekonia

Type species
Kanekonia florida
S. Tanaka (I), 1915

Kanekonia is a genus of velvetfishes native to the western Pacific and eastern Indian oceans.[1]

Species[]

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Kanekonia in FishBase. December 2013 version.
  2. ^ a b 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.


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