Pascua
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Pascua | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Pascua J. E. Randall, 2005 |
| Type species | |
| Pascua caudilinea J. E. Randall, 2005
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Pascua is a genus of gobies native to the Pacific Ocean.[1] The origin of the name "Pascua" is from the Spanish for "Easter" in recognition of the Easter Island range of the type specimen.[2]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Pascua caudilinea J. E. Randall, 2005 (Pascua goby)
- Pascua sticta (Hoese & Larson, 2005)
A third species in this genus Pascua readeri (Hoese & Larson, 2005) has been recognised by some authorities,[3] but is placed in Hetereleotris by FishBase.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Pascua in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ J.E. Randall (2006). "Validation of the gobiid fish genus Pascua". aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 12 (1): 35-38. https://aqua-aquapress.com/validation-of-the-gobiid-fish-genus-pascua-2/. Abstract
- ↑ "Synonyms of Hetereleotris readerae Hoese & Larson, 2005". FishBase. http://www.fishbase.se/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=62977&SynCode=158258&GenusName=Hetereleotris&SpeciesName=readerae. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q1230541 entry
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