Monacanthus ciliatus (Mitchill, 1818)—fringed filefish; USNM, I, V; Figure 193
Monacanthus tuckeri Bean, 1906—slender filefish; USNM, I; Figure 194
Ostraciidae—boxfishes
Acanthostracion polygonia Poey, 1876—honeycomb cowfish; USNM, F, O, V
Acanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)—scrawled cowfish; USNM, F, O
Lactophrys bicaudalis (Linnaeus, 1758)—spotted trunkfish; F
Lactophrys trigonus (Linnaeus, 1758)—trunkfish; USNM, I, V; Figure 195
Lactophrys triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758)—smooth trunkfish; USNM, F, OBS, VIS; Figure 196
Tetraodontidae—puffers
Canthigaster rostrata (Bloch, 1786)—sharpnose puffer; USNM, I, O, V; Figure 197
Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785)—bandtail puffer; USNM, I, O; Figure 198
Diodontidae—porcupinefishes
Chilomycterus antillarum Jordan & Rutter, 1897—web burrfish; USNM, F; Figure 199
Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758—balloonfish; USNM, I, V; Figure 200
Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758—porcupinefish; O
Discussion
We document the occurrence of 270 species of fishes at Saba Bank. The diversity of fishes at Saba Bank is comparable (Table 1) to that of the oceanic atolls of Colombia (273 species), the islands in the Mona Passage of Puerto Rico (261 species) and Buck Island Reef National Monument (BIRNM; 262 species). The relatively high diversity of fishes at Saba Bank exists despite the lack of emergent land at the bank. There is no shallow-water shore-fish fauna represented on the bank due to the absence of a high-energy shoreline. These habitats typically add significantly to the fish diversity of Caribbean habitats. For example, the tube blennies (family Chaenopsidae) are a group of shorefishes typically found in fairly shallow coastal waters. According to Williams4, there are approximately 22 recognized species of tube blennies known to