''Pascua'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

gobies Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising over 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than in length, and the fam ...

native to the

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. The origin of the name ''"Pascua"'' is from the Spanish for "Easter" in recognition of the

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range of the type specimen.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''

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * '' 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, Abstract but is placed in '' Hetereleotris'' by

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References

Gobiidae {{Gobiidae-stub