The deepwater triplefin (''Matanui profundum'') is a species of

triplefin Threefin or triplefin blennies are blenniiforms, small percomorph marine fish of the family Tripterygiidae. Found in tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, the family contains about 150 species in 30 genera. Th ...

blenny in the genus ''

Matanui ''Matanui'' is a genus of triplefin blennies (family Tripterygiidae), they are Endemism, endemic to New Zealand. Species * Chatham deep-water triplefin, ''Matanui bathytaton'' (Hardy, 1989) * Deepwater triplefin, ''Matanui profundum'' (Ronald Fr ...

''. It was described by Ronald Fricke and Clive D. Roberts in 1994. This species is found around the

North Island The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-largest ...

, Auckland Islands and

Chatham Islands The Chatham Islands ( ) (Moriori: ''Rēkohu'', 'Misty Sun'; mi, Wharekauri) are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about east of New Zealand's South Island. They are administered as part of New Zealand. The archipelago consists of about te ...

at depths between .

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5250680 Deepwater triplefin Fish described in 1994