Gnatholepis pascuensis
| Gnatholepis pascuensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Genus: | Gnatholepis |
| Species: | G. pascuensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Gnatholepis pascuensis Randall and Greenfield, 2001
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Gnatholepis pascuensis, the Rapa Nui goby, is a species of ray-finned fish in the subfamily Gobionellinae. It is endemic to Easter Island.[1][2]
Gnatholepis pascuensis was originally described as a subspecies of Gnatholepis cauerensis, but it was elevated to full species status in 2009.[3][4]
References
- ^ Larson, Helen K.; Buckle, Duncan J. (29 October 2012). "A revision of the goby genus Gnatholepis Bleeker (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobionellinae), with description of a new species". Zootaxa. 3529 (1): 69. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3529.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gnatholepis pascuensis". FishBase. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ^ Randall, J.E.; Greenfield, D.W. (2001). "A preliminary review of the Indo-Pacific gobiid fishes of the genus Gnatholepis". Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology. 69: 1–17. hdl:1807/19704.
- ^ John E. Randall (15 October 2009). "A review of the Gobiid fishes of Easter Island, with description of a new species". International Journal of Ichthyology. 15 (4): 177–190.