Biology:Matanui
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Matanui | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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]
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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". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=10793.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Matanui in FishBase. -April 2019 version.
- ↑ "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 29 January 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes1/. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q2259209 entry
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