''Matanui'' is a genus of
triplefin
Threefin or triplefin blennies are blenny, blenniiforms, small Percomorpha, percomorph marine fish of the family Tripterygiidae. Found in tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans, the ...
blennies (family Tripterygiidae), they are
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to New Zealand.
Species
*
Chatham deep-water triplefin, ''
Matanui bathytaton''
(Hardy, 1989)
*
Deepwater triplefin, ''
Matanui profundum
The deepwater triplefin (''Matanui profundum'') is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus '' Matanui''. It was described by Ronald Fricke and Clive D. Roberts in 1994. This species is found around the North Island, Auckland Islands and Chath ...
''
( Fricke & Roberts, 1994)
Etymology
The name ''Matanui'' is derived from the
Māori
Māori or Maori can refer to:
Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...
words ''mata'' meaning "eye" and ''nui'' meaning "large", a reference to its large eyes.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2259209
Tripterygiidae