loadings on species typically found at the low to medium species richness stations 3, 5, 6 and 8–12 (e.g. Cryptotomus roseus, Haemulon melanurum, Halichoeres bivittatus, Astrapogon puncticulatus, and Serranus baldwini). Strongest negative scores were on species that were frequently found at high to medium species richness stations 1, 2, 4, 7 and 8 (e.g. Hypoplectrus puella, Lythrypnus elasson, Prognathodes aculeatus, Neoniphon marianus, and Gramma loreto).
An annotated list of the fishes of Saba Bank is provided below. In the list, we include the family, genus and species, author and English common name (as common names are not standardized internationally, we strove to apply the most widely used English common name based on FishBase (http://www.fishbase.org) listings). The use of “cf” before a species name indicates that the specimen photographed is similar to that species, but probably represents an undescribed species. Voucher specimens are archived at the National Museum of Natural History (USNM) and the Florida Museum of Natural History (UF) and each species with vouchers is annotated with the museum's acronym where the specimens are housed. The basis of each species record is indicated by: I – ichthyocide station, F – caught by a local fisherman and photographed, T – bottom trawl, O – visual sighting during Toller survey, V – visual sighting during RAP survey at roving and rotenone station. Lengths of specimens are recorded in mm for either standard length (SL), total length (TL), or fork length (FL). Photographs showing the color pattern of freshly collected specimens are included for as many of the species as possible. Images illustrating observed sexual and developmental (juvenile to adult) variability in color pattern are included where possible.
Ginglymostomatidae—nurse sharks
Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788)—nurse shark; OV; Figure 3
Squalidae—dogfish sharks
Squalus cubensis Howell Rivero, 1936—Cuban dogfish; F; Figure 4
Carcharhinidae—requiem sharks
Carcharhinus perezii (Poey, 1876)—reef shark; F
Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)—tiger shark; F,O
Etmopteridae—lantern sharks
Etmopterus bullisi Bigelow & Schroeder, 1957—lined lantern shark; USNM, T
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Dasyatidae—whiptail stingrays
Dasyatis americana Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928—southern stingray; V
Muraenidae—morays
Anarchias similis (Lea, 1913)—pygmy moray; USNM, I
Enchelycore carychroa (Böhlke & Böhlke, 1976)—chestnut moray; USNM, I, F;Figure 5
Enchelycore nigricans (Bonnaterre, 1788)—viper moray; USNM, I
Gymnothorax conspersus Poey, 1867—saddled moray; USNM, F; Figure 6
Gymnothorax maderensis(Johnson, 1862)—sharktooth moray; USNM, F; Figure 7
Gymnothorax miliaris (Kaup, 1856)—goldentail moray; USNM, I, O; Figure 8
Gymnothorax moringa (Cuvier, 1829)—spotted moray; USNM, I, O, V; Figure 9
Gymnothorax polygonius Poey, 1876—polygon moray; USNM, F; Figure 10
Gymnothorax vicinus (Castelnau, 1855)—purplemouth moray; USNM, I, O; Figure 11
Monopenchelys acuta (Parr, 1930)—redface moray; USNM, I; Figure 12
Uropterygius macularius (Lesueur, 1825)—marbled moray; USNM, I
Ophichthidae—snake eels
Ahlia egmontis (Jordan, 1884)—key worm eel; USNM, I; Figures 13, 14
Aprognathodon platyventris Böhlke, 1967—stripe eel; USNM, I; Figures 15, 16
Myrichthys breviceps (Richardson, 1848) —sharptail eel; O
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