Neoniphon pencei

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Pence's squirrelfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
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Order:
Beryciformes
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Subfamily:
Genus:
Species:
N. pencei
Binomial name
Neoniphon pencei
, Pyle & , 2015

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[]

  1. ^ "Neoniphon pencei, Pence's squirrelfish". www.fishbase.de. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  2. ^ 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.


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