''Ruanoho'' is a genus of
triplefin blennies
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 ...
(family Tripterygiidae).
It is known from the southwestern
Pacific Ocean
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off New Zealand. The
generic name is a
compound noun
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derived from the
Māori
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''rua'' meaning either "fish" or "hole" and ''noho'' meaning to "dwell" which refers to the habit of the species in this genus to shelter under rocks or within crevices.
Species
*
Longfinned triplefin, ''
Ruanoho decemdigitatus''
(Clarke, 1879)
*
Spectacled triplefin, ''
Ruanoho whero''
Hardy, 1986
References
Tripterygiidae
Ray-finned fish genera
Endemic fauna of New Zealand
Taxa named by Graham Stuart Hardy
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