Chatham deep-water triplefin

The Chatham deep-water triplefin (Matanui bathytaton) is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Matanui.^[2] It was described by Graham S. Hardy in 1989.^[3] This species occurs at depths between 12 and 550 metres (39 and 1,804 ft) on waters off New Zealand including the Chatham Rise, southeast South Island, Auckland Islands, Antipodes Islands and Stewart Island.^[1]

Chatham deep-water triplefin
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Tripterygiidae
Genus:	Matanui
Species:	M. bathytaton
Binomial name
Matanui bathytaton (Hardy, 1989)
Synonyms
Forsterygion bathytaton Hardy, 1989