Editing Bay of Pigs (section)

=== Biodiversity ===
Surrounding the Bay of Pigs, the [[endemism|endemic]] [[Amphisbaena (lizard)|wormlizards]] ''[[Amphisbaena barbouri]]'' and ''[[Amphisbaena cubana|A. cubana]]'' have been noted.<ref name=Rodriguez2013_pp9_10>Rodríguez Schettino et al., 2013, pp.9–10</ref> The following marine species have been registered along the eastern coast of the Bay of Pigs:
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! Group !! Common name !! Scientific name !! Image !! class=unsortable | Notes
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| rowspan=39 | [[:Category:Fish of Cuba|Fish]] || blue chromis || ''[[Chromis cyanea]]'' || [[File:Chromis cyanea - blue chromis and Lactophrys trigonus - buffalo trunkfish - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || rowspan=13 | {{center|<ref name=Chevalier2005_p60>Chevalier & Cárdenas, 2005, p.60</ref>}}
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| blue tang || ''[[Acanthurus coeruleus]]'' || [[File:Acanthurus coeruleus - blue tang - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]]
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| [[bluehead wrasse]] || ''Thalassoma bifasciatum'' || [[File:Halichoeres bivittatus - slippery dick and Thalassoma bifasciatum - bluehead wrasse - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]]
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| [[striped parrotfish]] || ''[[Scarus iseri]]'' || [[File:Scarus iserti - striped parrotfish - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]]
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| beau gregory || ''[[Stegastes leucostictus]]'' ||
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| bicolor damselfish || ''[[Stegastes partitus]]'' ||
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| boga || ''[[Haemulon vittatum|Inermia vittata]]'' ||
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| [[Colon goby]] || ''[[Coryphopterus dicrus]]'' ||
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| [[creole wrasse]] || ''Clepticus parrae'' ||
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| longfin damselfish || ''[[Stegastes diencaeus]]'' ||
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| [[masked goby]] || ''[[Coryphopterus personatus]]'' || 
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| threespot damselfish || ''[[Stegastes planifrons]]'' ||
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| [[yellowhead wrasse]] || ''Halichoeres garnoti'' ||
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| French grunt || ''[[Haemulon flavolineatum]]'' || [[File:Haemulon flavolineatum - French grunt - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || rowspan=17 | {{center|<ref name=Chevalier2005_p61>Chevalier & Cárdenas, 2005, p.61</ref>}}
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| [[Acanthurus tractus|ocean surgeon]] || ''Acanthurus bahianus'' || [[File:Acanthurus bahianus - ocean surgeon - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]]
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| [[Sergeant major (fish)|sergeant major]] || ''Abudefduf saxatilis'' || [[File:Sergeant major - Abudefduf saxatilis - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]]
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| [[slippery dick]] || ''Halichoeres bivittatus'' || [[File:Halichoeres bivittatus - slippery dick and Thalassoma bifasciatum - bluehead wrasse - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]]
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| [[yellowtail snapper]] || ''Ocyurus chrysurus'' || [[File:Ocyurus chrysurus - yellowtail snapper - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]]
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| [[bar jack]] || ''Caranx ruber'' ||
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| barred hamlet || ''[[Hypoplectrus puella]]'' ||
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| brown chromis || ''[[Chromis multilineata]]'' ||
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| [[foureye butterflyfish]] || ''Chaetodon capistratus'' ||
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| [[graysby]] || ''Epinephelus cruentatus'' ||
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| longjaw squirrelfish || ''[[Neoniphon marianus|Holocentrus marianus]]'' ||
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| redband parrotfish || ''[[Sparisoma aurofrenatum]]'' ||
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| [[royal gramma]] || ''Gramma loreto'' ||
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| [[stoplight parrotfish]] || ''Sparisoma viride'' ||
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| [[tomtate grunt]] || ''[[Haemulon aurolineatum]]'' ||
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| [[white grunt]] || ''Haemulon plumierii'' ||
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| porgies || ''[[Calamus (fish)|Calamus sp.]]'' ||
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| [[banded butterflyfish]] || ''Chaetodon striatus'' || [[File:Chaetodon striatus - banded butterflyfish - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/banded-butterflyfish.html|title=Banded Butterflyfish - Chaetodon striatus - Caribbean Fish Identification USVI|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
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| buffalo trunkfish || ''[[Lactophrys trigonus]]'' || [[File:Chromis cyanea - blue chromis and Lactophrys trigonus - buffalo trunkfish - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/buffalo-trunkfish.html|title=Trunkfish (Buffalofish) - Lactophrys trigonus - Caribbean Fish Identification USVI|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
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| [[flat needlefish]] || ''Ablennes hians'' || [[File:Ablennes hians - flat needlefish - caught in the Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/needlefish.html|title=Needlefish - Caribbean Fish Identification USVI|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
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| [[Heteropriacanthus|glasseye]] || ''Heteropriacanthus cruentatus'' || [[File:Heteropriacanthus cruentatus - glasseye - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reefguide.org/glasseye.html|title=Glasseye Snapper - Heteropriacanthus cruentatus - Bigeyes - - Tropical Reefs|website=reefguide.org}}</ref>}}
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| [[longspine squirrelfish]] || ''Holocentrus rufus'' || [[File:Holocentrus rufus - longspine squirrelfish - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reefguide.org/longspinesquirrel.html|title=Longspine Squirrelfish - Holocentrus rufus - Squirrelfishes - - Tropical Reefs|website=reefguide.org}}</ref>}}
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| [[plate fish]] || ''Bothus lunatus'' || [[File:Bothus lunatus - plate fish - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/peacock-flounder.html|title=Peacock Flounder - Bothus lunatus - Caribbean Fish Identification USVI|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
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| [[red lionfish]] ([[invasive species|invasive]]) || ''Pterois volitans'' || [[File:Pterois volitans - red lionfish - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/indo-pacific-lionfish.html|title=Indo-Pacific Lionfish - Pterois volitans - Caribbean Fish Identification USVI|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
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| [[spotfin butterflyfish]] || ''Chaetodon ocellatus'' || [[File:Chaetodon ocellatus - spotfin butterflyfish - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reefguide.org/spotfinbutter.html|title=Spotfin Butterflyfish - Chaetodon ocellatus - Butterflyfishes - - Tropical Reefs|website=reefguide.org}}</ref>}}
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| trumpetfish || ''[[Aulostomus maculatus]]'' || [[File:Aulostomus maculatus - trumpetfish - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reefguide.org/pixhtml/trumpet3.html|title=Trumpetfish - Aulostomus maculatus - Bimini, Bahamas - Photo 3 - Tropical Reefs|website=reefguide.org}}</ref>}}
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| rowspan=19 | [[Sponge]]s || azure vase sponge || ''[[Callyspongia plicifera]]'' || [[File:Callyspongia plicifera - azure vase sponge - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.reefcolors.de/Galleries/2008_PlayaLarga/photos/TG_177_10.jpg|title=''Callyspongia plicifera''}}</ref>}}
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| [[yellow tube sponge]] || ''[[Aplysina fistularis]]'' || [[File:Aplysina fistularis - sponge - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|150px|center]] || rowspan=18 | {{center|<ref name=Caballero2009_p101>Caballero et al., 2009, p.101</ref>}}
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| green finger sponge || ''[[Iotrochota birotulata]]'' || 
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| orange icing sponge || ''[[Mycale laevis]]'' || 
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| pink vase sponge || ''[[Niphates digitalis]]'' || 
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| [[row pore rope sponge]] || ''[[Aplysina cauliformis]]'' || 
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| touch-me-not sponge || ''[[Neofibularia nolitangere]]'' || 
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| demosponges || ''[[Cliona|Cliona sp.]]'' || 
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|  || ''[[Cliona aprica]]'' || 
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|  || ''[[Cliona delitrix]]'' || 
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|  || ''[[Cliona varians]]'' || 
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|  || ''[[Aiolochroia crassa]]'' || 
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|  || ''[[Ectyoplasia ferox]]'' || 
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|  || ''[[Ircinia felix]]'' || 
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|  || ''[[Mycale (Arenochalina) laxissima|Mycale laxissima]]'' || 
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|  || ''[[Plakortis angulospiculatus]]'' || 
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|  || ''[[Scopalina ruetzleri]]'' || 
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|  || ''[[Smenospongia aurea]]'' || 
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|  || ''[[Spirastrella coccinea]]'' || 
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| rowspan=7 | [[Coral]]s || boulder brain coral || ''[[Colpophyllia natans]]'' || [[File:Corals - Montestrea cavernosa, Colpophyllia natans, Plexaura homomalla and Millepora alcicornis - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/boulder-brain-coral.html|title=Boulder Brain Coral - Colpophyllia natans - USVI Caribbean|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
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| Caribbean sea whip || ''[[Plexaura homomalla]]'' || [[File:Corals - Montestrea cavernosa, Colpophyllia natans, Plexaura homomalla and Millepora alcicornis - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/black-sea-rod.html|title=Black Sea Rod - Plexaura homomalla - USVI Caribbean|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
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| [[elkhorn coral]] || ''Acropora palmata'' || [[File:Acropora palmata - elkhorn coral - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/elkhorn-coral.html|title=Elkhorn Coral - Acropora palmata - USVI Caribbean|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
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| great star coral || ''[[Montastraea cavernosa]]'' || [[File:Corals - Montestrea cavernosa, Colpophyllia natans, Plexaura homomalla and Millepora alcicornis - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/great-star-coral.html|title=Great Star Coral - Montestrea cavernosa - USVI Caribbean|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
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| maze coral || ''[[Meandrina meandrites]]'' || [[File:Meandrina meandrites - maze coral - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reefguide.org/mazecoral.html|title=Maze Coral - Meandrina meandrites - Stony Corals - - Tropical Reefs|website=reefguide.org}}</ref>}}
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| purple sea fan || ''[[Gorgonia ventalina]]'' || [[File:Gorgonia ventalina - purple sea fan - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/common-sea-fan.html|title=Common Sea Fan - Gorgonia ventalina - USVI Caribbean|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
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| sea ginger || ''[[Millepora alcicornis]]'' || [[File:Corals - Montestrea cavernosa, Colpophyllia natans, Plexaura homomalla and Millepora alcicornis - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/branching-fire-coral.html|title=Branching Fire Corals - Millepora alcicornis - USVI Caribbean|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
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| [[Crustacea]]ns || Caribbean spiny lobster || ''[[Panulirus argus]]'' || [[File:Panulirus argus - Caribbean spiny lobster - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/caribbean-spiny-lobster.html|title=Caribbean Spiny Lobster - Panulirus argus - USVI Caribbean|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
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| [[Echinoderm]]s || donkey dung sea cucumber || ''[[Holothuria mexicana]]'' || [[File:Holothuria mexicana - donkey dung sea cucumber - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reefguide.org/carib/donkeycucumber.html|title=Donkey Dung Sea Cucumber - Holothuria mexicana - Sea Cucumbers - - Caribbean Reefs|website=reefguide.org}}</ref>}}
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| [[Mollusk]]s || queen conch || ''[[Lobatus gigas]]'' || [[File:Lobatus gigas - queen conch - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/conch.html|title=Conch - Strombus gigas - USVI Caribbean|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
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