''Ruanoho'' is a genus of
triplefin blennies (family Tripterygiidae).
It is known from the southwestern
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
off New Zealand. The
generic name is a
compound noun derived from the
Māori
Māori or Maori can refer to:
Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...
''rua'' meaning either "fish" or "hole" and ''noho'' meaning to "dwell" which refers to the habit of the species in this genus to shelter under rocks or within crevices.
Species
*
Longfinned triplefin, ''
Ruanoho decemdigitatus''
(Clarke, 1879)
*
Spectacled triplefin, ''
Ruanoho whero''
Hardy, 1986
References
Tripterygiidae
Ray-finned fish genera
Endemic fauna of New Zealand
Taxa named by Graham Stuart Hardy
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