Neoniphon pencei

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| genus = Neoniphon

| species = pencei

| authority = Copus, Pyle & Earle, 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.{{Cite web|title=Neoniphon pencei, Pence's squirrelfish|url=https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Neoniphon-pencei.html|access-date=2021-09-02|website=www.fishbase.de}} 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.{{Cite journal|last1=Copus|first1=Joshua|last2=Pyle|first2=Richard|last3=Earle|first3=John|date=2015-01-26|title=Neoniphon pencei, a new species of holocentrid (Teleostei: Beryciformes) from Rarotonga, Cook Islands|url=https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/4180/|journal=Biodiversity Data Journal|language=en|volume=3|issue=3|pages=e4180|doi=10.3897/BDJ.3.e4180|pmid=25698898|issn=1314-2828|pmc=4319167 |doi-access=free }}