# Matanui

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

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

==Species==
* [Chatham deep-water triplefin](/source/Chatham_deep-water_triplefin), ''[Matanui bathytaton](/source/Matanui_bathytaton)'' <small>(Hardy, 1989)</small>
* [Deepwater triplefin](/source/Deepwater_triplefin), ''[Matanui profundum](/source/Matanui_profundum)'' <small>([Fricke](/source/Ronald_Fricke) & [Roberts](/source/Clive_D._Roberts), 1994)</small>

==Etymology==
The name ''Matanui'' is derived from the [Māori](/source/M%C4%81ori_language) 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>

==References==
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Category:Matanui
Category:Tripterygiidae

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