Matanui

Matanui
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Tripterygiidae
Subfamily:	Tripterygiinae
Genus:	Matanui Jawad & Clements, 2004
Type species
Forsterygion bathytaton Hardy, 1989 [1]

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

1. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Matanui". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 May 2019.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Matanui". FishBase . April 2019 version.
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.