Matanui
Matanui is a genus of triplefin blennies (family Tripterygiidae), they are endemic to New Zealand.[2]
| 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] | |
Species
- Chatham deep-water triplefin, Matanui bathytaton (Hardy, 1989)
- Deepwater triplefin, Matanui profundum (Fricke & Roberts, 1994)
Etymology
The name Matanui is derived from the Maori 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.
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