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 Māori words mata meaning "eye" and nui meaning "large", a reference to its large eyes.^[3]