ANNALES, SERIES HISTORIA NATURALIS

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Vol. 36 No. 1 (2026)

Published August 25, 2026

The scientific journal Annales, Series Historia Naturalis (Annals for Istrian and Mediterranean Studies) is published twice a year. The journal publishes original scientific articles in the field of natural sciences related to the specifities of various sub-fields of Mediterranean natural sciences: marine biology and ecology, ichthyology, geology with paleontology, karst studies, olive growing, biodiversity of Slovenia, nature protection, pollution and environmental protection, physical geography of Istria and the Mediterranean, etc.

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Adrian BRAJKOVIĆ, Iris MATULJA, Neven IVEŠA

21-28

CONQUERING THE NORTH: NEW OCCURRENCE OF THE COMMON LIONFISH, PTEROIS MILES (BENNETT, 1828), IN THE ADRIATIC SEA

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19233/ASHN.2026.04

Alan DEIDUN, Bruno ZAVA, Maria CORSINI-FOKA, Arnold SCIBERRAS, Alessio MARRONE

29-34

FIRST RECORD OF THE DEVIL FIREFISH PTEROIS MILES (BENNETT, 1828) (ACTINOPTERYGII: SCORPAENIDAE) FROM MALTESE COASTAL WATERS

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19233/ASHN.2026.05

Alen SOLDO, Rigers BAKIU

49-54

RAPID INCREASE IN RECORDS OF THE INVASIVE SILVER-CHEEKED TOADFISH LAGOCEPHALUS SCELERATUS (GMELIN, 1789) IN THE ADRIATIC SEA

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19233/ASHN.2026.08

Alen SOLDO, Rigers BAKIU, Sherif DURMISHAJ

1-6

THE FIRST RECORD OF BASTARD GRUNT POMADASYS INCISUS (BOWDICH, 1825) IN ALBANIAN WATERS (ADRIATIC SEA)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19233/ASHN.2026.01

Andrea LOMBARDO, Juba CHABANE, Rachida GHALMI

177-202

FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF THE “SEA SLUG” FAUNA (GASTROPODA, HETEROBRANCHIA) OF THE ALGERIAN COAST

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19233/ASHN.2026.21

Borut MAVRIČ, Tjaša PREMRL, Martin MAVRIČ, Tina MIRT, Neža LEBAN, Tihomir MAKOVEC, Lovrenc LIPEJ

203-218

ASSESSING SOFT-BOTTOM EPIBENTHIC COMMUNITIES: METHODOLOGICAL INSIGHTS INTO DREDGING AND VIDEO SURVEYS

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19233/ASHN.2026.22

Cem DALYAN, Yunus GÖNÜL, Mahmud Samed ŞAHİNOĞULLARI, Hakan KABASAKAL

119-126

NEW DATA ON THE OCCURRENCE AND MORPHOLOGY OF THE ARMLESS SNAKE EEL, DALOPHIS IMBERBIS (OPHICHTHIDAE), FROM THE NORTHEASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19233/ASHN.2026.15

Chirine HUSSEIN, Amir IBRAHIM, Firas ALSHAWY, Mouina BADRAN, Rahaf ABO ASA

35-40

FIRST MEDITERRANEAN RECORD OF THE DIAGONAL BUTTERFLYFISH, CHAETODON FASCIATUS FORSSKÅL, 1775, REPORTED FROM SYRIAN WATERS

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19233/ASHN.2026.06

Chirine HUSSEIN, Firas ALSHAWY, Amir IBRAHIM

127-132

FIRST RECORD OF THE MEDITERRANEAN DEALFISH, TRACHIPTERUS TRACHYPTERUS (GMELIN, 1789) (TRACHIPTERIDAE), IN SYRIAN MARINE WATERS

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19233/ASHN.2026.16

Deniz ERGÜDEN, Cem ÇEVİK

65-72

LENGTH–WEIGHT AND LENGTH–LENGTH RELATIONSHIPS, AND CONDITION FACTOR OF AMBASSIS DUSSUMIERI CUVIER, 1828, IN THE NORTHEASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, TÜRKIYE

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19233/ASHN.2026.10

Francesco TIRALONGO, Paola LEOTTA, Riccardo MARTELLUCCI

165-176

PHYSALIA PHYSALIS IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA: RECENT OBSERVATIONS IN RELATION TO MASS STRANDINGS OF VELELLA VELELLA AND SURFACE CIRCULATION DYNAMICS

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19233/ASHN.2026.20

Gerasimos KONDYLATOS, Konstantinos KALAENTZIS, Styliani MINOUDI, Maria CORSINI-FOKA

55-64

FURTHER MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION CONFIRMS THE OCCURRENCE OF LAGOCEPHALUS GUENTHERI MIRANDA RIBEIRO, 1915 IN THE AEGEAN COASTAL WATERS OF GREECE

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19233/ASHN.2026.09

Hakan KABASAKAL

87-98

DISTRIBUTION OF ODONTASPIS FEROX IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: INSIGHTS FROM SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL ANALYSES

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19233/ASHN.2026.13

Houssein ELBARAASI, Tarek SHOEIB, Mona SAID, Laith A. JAWAD

41-48

A FURTHER RECORD OF THE BARRED KNIFEJAW, OPLEGNATHUS FASCIATUS (TEMMINCK & SCHLEGEL, 1844), A PACIFIC SPECIES, FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN: A NEW RECORD FROM BENGHAZI, LIBYA

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19233/ASHN.2026.07

Hristina GELEVSKA, Borut MAVRIČ, Lovrenc LIPEJ, Christian CAPAPÉ

99-116

IS THE GULF OF TRIESTE A POTENTIAL NURSERY AREA FOR CERTAIN ELASMOBRANCH SPECIES?

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19233/ASHN.2026.14

Igor AGOSTINI, Okan AKYOL

133-140

ON THE OCCURRENCE OF THE CURRENTLY LARGEST RECORDED PAGELLUS ERYTHRINUS (SPARIDAE) IN THE TYRRHENIAN SEA (ITALY)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19233/ASHN.2026.17

İsmail Burak DABAN, Yusuf ŞEN

141-150

SUBSTANTIATED RECORD AND PRELIMINARY BIOLOGICAL INSIGHTS OF MICROLIPOPHRYS DALMATINUS (STEINDACHNER & KOLOMBATOVIĆ, 1883) FROM THE SEA OF MARMARA, TÜRKIYE

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19233/ASHN.2026.18

Kim LEBAN, Iztok ŠKORNIK, Špela ČONČ, Mateja BREG VALJAVEC, Žan KURALT, Lenart ŠTAUT, Jure TIČAR, Katarina POLAJNAR HORVAT, Primož GAŠPERIČ , Aleš SMREKAR, Melita VAMBERGER

221-242

HABITAT INSIGHTS FOR THE EUROPEAN POND TURTLE (EMYS ORBICULARIS) IN THE COASTAL WETLAND AREA SEČOVLJE SALINA NATURE PARK, SLOVENIA

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19233/ASHN.2026.23

Okan AKYOL, Halil ŞEN

73-78

UNEXPECTED OCCURRENCE OF PRUSSIAN CARP CARASSIUS GIBELIO (CYPRINIDAE) IN HOMA LAGOON (IZMIR BAY, AEGEAN SEA)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19233/ASHN.2026.11

Leon CIMERMAN, Matija KRIŽNAR

243-254

NAJDBE PLEISTOCENSKE AVIFAVNE V KAMNOLOMU ČRNI KAL (PRIMORSKA, SLOVENIJA)