Matanui
Genus of fishes
Matanui | |
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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[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
- ^ 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.