Neoniphon pencei

Neoniphon pencei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Beryciformes
Family:	Holocentridae
Genus:	Neoniphon
Species:	N. pencei
Binomial name
	Neoniphon pencei; Copus, Pyle & Earle, 2015

Last updated October 02, 2025

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]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of David F. Pence, the Dive Safety Officer for the University of Hawaiʻi, and a member of the deep-diving team that not only discovered this species, but was able to collect the type specimens.^[1]

References

1 2 "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 (3) e4180. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4180 . ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 4319167 . PMID 25698898.

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[fishbase-1] 1 2 "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 (3) e4180. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4180 . ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 4319167 . PMID 25698898.

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