A square pyramidal structure has five bonds and one lone pair, making a total of six electron pairs around the central atom. The geometry of such a molecule can be analyzed using the VSEPR theory.
PF5: 5 bond pairs and 0 lone pairs, so its geometry is trigonal bipyramidal, not square pyramidal.
BrF4−: 4 bond pairs and 2 lone pairs, so its geometry is square planar, not square pyramidal.
IF5: 5 bond pairs and 1 lone pair, so its geometry is square pyramidal.
BrF5: 5 bond pairs and 1 lone pair, so its geometry is square pyramidal.
XeOF4: 5 bond pairs and 1 lone pair, so its geometry is square pyramidal.
ICl4−: 4 bond pairs and 2 lone pairs, so its geometry is square planar, not square pyramidal.
So the number of species from the given list that have a square pyramidal structure is 3.
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