Matanui | |
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Scientific classification | |
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]
The name Matanui is derived from the Māori words mata meaning "eye" and nui meaning "large", a reference to its large eyes.[3]