Neoniphon pencei, a new species of holocentrid (Teleostei: Beryciformes) from Rarotonga, Cook Islands

By

Copus, Joshua
Pyle, Richard
Earle, John, 1824-1903

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015-01-26

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

3

Pages

1--30

Subjects

Cook Islands , Holocentridae , MCE , mesophotic coral ecosystems , mesophotic coral ecosystems , Neoniphon , new species , Rarotonga

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4180
eLocator: e4180

 

Abstract

Neoniphon pencei, n. sp., is described from thirteen specimens, 132-197 mm standard length (SL) collected from mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) at Rarotonga, Cook Islands by divers using mixed-gas closed-circuit rebreathers. It differs from all other species of the genus in number of lateral line scales, scales above and below lateral line, elements of life color, and in COI and cytochrome b DNA sequences. Of the five other known species of Neoniphon, it is most similar to the Indo-Pacific N. aurolineatus and the western Atlantic N. marianus both morphologically and genetically.