New and recent records of fishes from the Mariana Islands, western Pacific Ocean

The most recent checklist of fishes of the Mariana Islands lists 1,106 species including 1,020 that are inshore or epipelagic, the vast majority of which inhabit coral reefs. Included in the list are 97 species indicated as new records without further comment other than to identify the basis of the record as an examined or collected specimen (21), photograph (57), or reliable sighting (16), as well as at least 16 additional species identified only to genus, 13 of which have since been described as new. Here, we consolidate into a single publication, photographs, and other information that represent new records of inshore and epipelagic fishes, or that validate previously documented occurrences within the Mariana Islands and associated banks and seamounts.