Matanui

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic_taxobox | taxon = Matanui | authority = Jawad & Clements, 2004 | type_species = ''Forsterygion bathytaton'' | type_species_authority = Hardy, 1989<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record|genid=10793|title=Matanui|access-date=27 May 2019}}</ref> | synonyms = }}

'''''Matanui''''' is a genus of triplefin blennies (family Tripterygiidae), they are endemic to New Zealand.<ref name="Fishbase">{{FishBase genus|genus=Matanui|month=April|year=2019}}</ref>

==Species== * Chatham deep-water triplefin, ''Matanui bathytaton'' <small>(Hardy, 1989)</small> * Deepwater triplefin, ''Matanui profundum'' <small>(Fricke & Roberts, 1994)</small>

==Etymology== The name ''Matanui'' is derived from the Māori words ''mata'' meaning "eye" and ''nui'' meaning "large", a reference to its large eyes.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes1/ | title = Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | accessdate = 27 May 2019 | date = 29 January 2019}}</ref>

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Category:Matanui Category:Tripterygiidae