Matanui

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Matanui is a genus of triplefin blennies (family Tripterygiidae), they are endemic to New Zealand.[2]

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Matanui
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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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Etymology

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

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