Pascua

Pascua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
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)

References

^ ^a ^b 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

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[FishBase-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

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