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Priacanthidae—bigeyes

Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Lacepède, 1801)—glasseye snapper; O

Priacanthus arenatus Cuvier, 1829—bigeye; USNM, I; Figure 68

Apogonidae—cardinalfishes

Apogon aurolineatus (Mowbray in Breder, 1927)—barred cardinalfish; USNM, I

Apogon binotatus (Poey, 1867)—barred cardinalfish; USNM, I

Apogon maculatus (Poey, 1860)—flamefish; USNM, I; Figure 69

Apogon pillionatus Böhlke and Randall, 1968 —broadsaddle cardinalfish; UF, USNM, I

Apogon cf quadrisquamatus Longley, 1934 —sawcheek cardinalfish; USNM, I; Figure 70

The specimens identified here as A.cf quadrisquamatus have been found to represent a new undescribed species closely related to A. quadrisquamatus (C. Baldwin & D.G. Smith, pers. comm. 2009).

Apogon robinsi Böhlke & Randall, 1968 —roughlip cardinalfish; USNM, I; Figure 71

Apogon townsendi (Breder, 1927)—belted cardinalfish; USNM, I; Figure 72

Astrapogon puncticulatus (Poey, 1867) —blackfin cardinalfish; USNM, I; Figure 73

Phaeoptyx conklini (Silvester, 1916)—freckled cardinalfish; USNM, I; Figure 74

Phaeoptyx pigmentaria (Poey, 1860)—dusky cardinalfish; USNM, I

Malacanthidae—tilefishes

Caulolatilus cyanops Poey, 1866—blackline tilefish; USNM, F; Figure 75

Malacanthus plumieri (Bloch, 1786)—sand tilefish; UF, O, V

Coryphaenidae-dolphinfishes

Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758—common dolphinfish; F

Rachycentridae-cobias

Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766)—cobia

Our record for this species is based on an underwater video recently filmed by Yap Films Inc (Toronto, Canada) at the shipwreck on Saba Bank. The video clearly shows a cobia swimming along the side of the shipwreck.

Carangidae—jacks

Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)—African pompano; O; Figure 76

Caranx bartholomaei Cuvier, 1833—yellow jack; O, V