Familia: Aploactinidae
Genus: Kanekonia
Species: Kanekonia leichhardti

Name

Kanekonia leichhardti Johnson, 2013

• Holotype: QM I30099.
• Paratypes: QM I33325, I30046.

Type locality: Gulf of Carpentaria, 13°01.3'S, 140°12'E , 63 m depth.

Etymology: The species is named after the Prussian naturalist and explorer Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (1813-ca.1848). During the years 1844-1845, he achieved one of the longest journeys of exploration by land in Australia, from the Darling Downs, Queensland to Port Essington, Northern Territory, a distance of about 4,800 km. He was the first European to traverse the southern edge of the Gulf of Carpentaria overland and to report on its fauna, flora and geology.

References

• 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. Full article (PDF) Reference page.