Ernest H. Williams, Jr. [1,2] and Lucy Bunkley-Williams [1,3]

[1] Extraordinary Professors, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University, South Africa
1827 Paseo Los Robles, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00682-7900
[2] Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (retired)
e-mail: ermest.williams1@upr.edu)
[3] Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (retired)
e-mail: lucy.williams1@upr.edu

Corrections and additions to “Biodiversity assessment of the fishes of Saba Bank Atoll, Netherlands Antilles”

The paper we review claims new fish records for the Saba Bank Atoll. However, most have already been reported. Most of the paper is unnecessary color photographs, which are readily available elsewhere, unscientific, and many of only average quality. Most of these photographs are unnecessary. There is nothing extraordinary in this paper. They found pretty much what everyone else found everywhere else. Fish species varied among different habitats. Samples taken deep varied more than those taken at moderate and at shallow depths. Since there was no shore; shore fishes did not occur. They did not find all the species present. They reported 6 new species, but only listed 4. Some fish names were incorrect, or switched, and there was a plenitude of other errors. We add 70 Saba Island fishes not noted from the Bank, recognize a new Coney color morph, and a possible new species of cardinalfish.

FULL TEXT OF COMMENT/REVIEW: Available on Figshare, 31 October 2017, MD5: 6c07466fdd2de960cdc48753df5897f4, open access.