Gnatholepis pascuensis

Gnatholepis pascuensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Genus:	Gnatholepis
Species:	G. pascuensis
Binomial name
Gnatholepis pascuensis Randall and Greenfield, 2001

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

1. 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.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gnatholepis pascuensis". FishBase . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
3. 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.
4. 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.