Neoniphon pencei
Pence's squirrelfish | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Order: | Beryciformes
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Species: | N. pencei
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Binomial name | |
Neoniphon pencei , Pyle & , 2015
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Neoniphon pencei, or Pence's squirrelfish is a species of squirrelfish found in the Pacific Ocean in Rarotonga, Cook Islands and Mo'orea, French Polynesia.[1] It differs from other species of the genus Neoniphon in number of lateral line scales, scales above and below lateral line, elements of life colour, and in COI and cytochrome b DNA sequences.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Neoniphon pencei, Pence's squirrelfish". www.fishbase.de. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
- ^ Copus, Joshua; Pyle, Richard; Earle, John (2015-01-26). "Neoniphon pencei, a new species of holocentrid (Teleostei: Beryciformes) from Rarotonga, Cook Islands". Biodiversity Data Journal. 3: e4180. doi:10.3897/BDJ.3.e4180. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 4319167.
Categories:
- Neoniphon
- Taxa named by Richard Pyle
- Fish described in 2015
- Beryciformes stubs