Deepwater triplefin
Species of fish
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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 | |
|---|---|
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 | |
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Forsterygion profundum Fricke & Roberts, 1994 | |
