Pascua

Short description: Genus of fishes

Pascua

Scientific classification
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.[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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Pascua in 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. https://aqua-aquapress.com/validation-of-the-gobiid-fish-genus-pascua-2/. Abstract
4. ↑ "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.

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