Abstract
Kanekonia pelta, a new aploactinid taken from off Halmahera I., Indonesia in a bottom trawl at a depth of 46-55 m, is described and figured from a single specimen 28.5 mm in standard length.This species differs from K.florida in having more sculptured head bones and blunter spines.It differs from K.queenslandica in having the interorbital ridges thin and more nearly parallel, 26 vertebrae, a more slender body, and the dorsal border of the opercle less inclined.It differs from both species in having a rounded head profile, notably sculptured frontal ridges, and a more incised dorsal fin membrane.K.florida is redescribed, including 27 additional specimens.
