Southern velvetfish

Southern velvetfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Synanceiidae
Subfamily: Aploactininae
Genus: Aploactisoma
Castelnau, 1872
Species:
A. milesii
Binomial name
Aploactisoma milesii
Synonyms
  • Aploactis milesii Richardson, 1850
  • Aploactisoma schomburgki Castelnau, 1872

The southern velvetfish (Aploactisoma milesii) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a velvetfish belonging to the family Aploactinidae. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Aploactisoma. This species is endemic to the waters around southern and western Australia.