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Genus of fishes

Pascua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Pascua
J. E. Randall, 2005
Type species
Pascua caudilinea
J. E. Randall, 2005

Pascua is a genus of gobies native to the Pacific Ocean. The origin of the name "Pascua" is from the Spanish for "Easter" in recognition of the Easter Island range of the type specimen.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:

A third species in this genus Pascua readeri (Hoese & Larson, 2005) has been recognised by some authorities, but is placed in Hetereleotris by FishBase.

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pascua". FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. Randall, J. E. (2005): Pascua caudilinea, a New Genus and Species of Gobiid Fish (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from Easter Island. Zoological Studies, 44 (1): 19-25
  3. J.E. Randall (2006). "Validation of the gobiid fish genus Pascua". aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology. 12 (1): 35–38. Abstract
  4. "Synonyms of Hetereleotris readerae Hoese & Larson, 2005". FishBase. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Pascua


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