Matanui

Matanui
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Tripterygiidae
Subfamily:	Tripterygiinae
Genus:	Matanui; Jawad & Clements, 2004
Type species
	Forsterygion bathytaton; Hardy, 1989

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Matanui is a genus of triplefin blennies (family Tripterygiidae), they are endemic to New Zealand.^[2]

Species

Chatham deep-water triplefin, Matanui bathytaton (Hardy, 1989)
Deepwater triplefin, Matanui profundum (Fricke & Roberts, 1994)

Etymology

The name Matanui is derived from the Māori words mata meaning "eye" and nui meaning "large", a reference to its large eyes.^[3]

References

^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Matanui". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Matanui in FishBase. -April 2019 version.
^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 January 2019). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

[CofF-1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Matanui". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

[Fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Matanui in FishBase. -April 2019 version.

[ETYFish-3] Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 January 2019). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

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