Deepwater triplefin

The deepwater triplefin (Matanui profundum) is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Matanui.^[2] It was described by Ronald Fricke and Clive D. Roberts in 1994.^[3] This species is found around the North Island, Auckland Islands and Chatham Islands at depths between 9 and 550 metres (30 and 1,804 ft).^[1]

Deepwater 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. profundum
Binomial name
Matanui profundum (Fricke & Roberts, 1994)
Synonyms
Forsterygion profundum Fricke & Roberts, 1994