Vol.25 – 2019 – No.3

Introductory pages

Westward spreading of the Pope’s ponyfish Equulites popei in the Mediterranean: new occurrences from Antalya Bay with emphasis on its abundance and distribution
Sinan Mavruk, Olgaç Güven, Kerem Gökdağ, Michel Bariche

Cetaceans in the coastal waters of southern Romania: initial assessment of abundance, distribution, and seasonal trends
Romulus-Marian Paiu, Bogdan Olariu, Angelica-Ioela Paiu, Mihaela-ElenaMirea Cândea, Anca-Maria Gheorghe, Dumitru Murariu

Head and plastron scalation patterns of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas, hatchlings in natural and relocated nests on Samandağ Beach
Bektaş Sönmez

Dietary propolis supplementation on growth and body composition of the African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
Funda Turan

Recent findings of rare sharks, Squatina oculata Bonaparte, 1840 and Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758) from Gökçeada Island, Northern Aegean Sea, Turkey
Cahide Çiğdem Yığın, Ali İşmen, Burak Daban, Koray Cabbar, Umur Önal

Recent record of Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810) in Northern Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea)
Hasan Deniz Akbora, Erdi Bayri, Deniz Ayas, Burak Ali Çiçek

Occurrence of Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Istanbul Strait, Turkish Straits System
Murat Bilecenoğlu, Bayram Öztürk

First record of a coregonid fish species, Coregenus albula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Salmoniformes: Salmonidae) in Aktaş Lake shared between Turkey and Georgia
Sedat V. Yerli

Traumatic finger amputation caused by Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) bite
Selin Gamze Sümen, Murat Bilecenoğlu