Chatham deep-water triplefin

Matanui bathytaton, known commonly as the Chatham deep-water triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Matanui.[2] It was described by Graham S. Hardy in 1989.[3] This species occurs at depths between 12 and 550 metres (39 and 1,804 ft) on waters off New Zealand including the Chatham Rise, southeast South Island, Auckland Islands, Antipodes Islands and Stewart Island.[1]

Chatham deep-water triplefin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Matanui
Species:
M. bathytaton
Binomial name
Matanui bathytaton
(Hardy, 1989)
Synonyms

Forsterygion bathytaton Hardy, 1989

References
  1. Clements, K.D. (2014). "Matanui bathytaton". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T178944A1551021. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178944A1551021.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Matanui bathytaton" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Forsterygion bathytaton". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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