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Occurrence of Giant Tun, Tonna Galea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Gastropoda: Tonnidae) in the Marine Waters Off Slovenia (Northern Adriatic Sea) ANNALES 4 Anali za istrske in mediteranske študije 1 Annali di Studi istriani e mediterranei Annals for Istrian and Mediterranean Studies Series Historia Naturalis, 29, 2019, 1 Series Historia Naturalis, 29, 2019, 1 29, 2019, Naturalis, Series Historia 5 2 ISSN 1408-533X Cena: 11,00 EUR 6 UDK 5 Annales, Ser. hist. nat., 29, 2019, 1, pp. 1-158, Koper 2019 ISSN 1408-533X 3 UDK 5 ISSN 1408-533X (Print) ISSN 2591-1783 (Online) Anali za istrske in mediteranske študije Annali di Studi istriani e mediterranei Annals for Istrian and Mediterranean Studies Series Historia Naturalis, 29, 2019, 1 KOPER 2019 ANNALES · Ser. hist. nat. · 29 · 2019 · 1 Anali za istrske in mediteranske študije - Annali di Studi istriani e mediterranei - Annals for Istrian and Mediterranean Studies ISSN 1408-533X (Tiskana izd.) UDK 5 Letnik 29, leto 2019, številka 1 ISSN 2591-1783 (Spletna izd.) Nicola Bettoso (IT), Christian Capapé (FR), Darko Darovec, Dušan UREDNIŠKI ODBOR/ Devetak, Jakov Dulčić (HR), Serena Fonda Umani (IT), Andrej COMITATO DI REDAZIONE/ Gogala, Daniel Golani (IL), Danijel Ivajnšič, Mitja Kaligarič, BOARD OF EDITORS: Marcelo Kovačič (HR), Andrej Kranjc, Lovrenc Lipej, Vesna Mačić (ME), Alenka Malej, Patricija Mozetič, Martina Orlando-Bonaca, Michael Stachowitsch (AT), Tom Turk, Al Vrezec Glavni urednik/Redattore capo/ Editor in chief: Darko Darovec Odgovorni urednik naravoslovja/ Redattore responsabile per le scienze naturali/Natural Science Editor: Lovrenc Lipej Urednica/Redattrice/Editor: Martina Orlando-Bonaca Lektor/Supervisione/Language editor: Polona Šergon (sl.), Petra Berlot Kužner (angl.) Prevajalci/Traduttori/Translators: Martina Orlando-Bonaca (sl./it.) 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Sofinancirajo/Supporto finanziario/ Javna agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije Financially supported by: (ARRS), Luka Koper in Mestna občina Koper Annales - Series Historia Naturalis izhaja dvakrat letno. Naklada/Tiratura/Circulation: 300 izvodov/copie/copies Revija Annales, Series Historia Naturalis je vključena v naslednje podatkovne baze / La rivista Annales, series Historia Naturalis è inserita nei seguenti data base / Articles appearing in this journal are abstracted and indexed in: BIOSIS-Zoological Record (UK); Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA); Elsevier B.V.: SCOPUS (NL). Vsi članki so v barvni verziji prosto dostopni na spletni strani: http://zdjp.si/p/annalesshn/ All articles are freely available in color via website: http://zdjp.si/en/p/annalesshn/ ANNALES · Ser. hist. nat. · 29 · 2019 · 1 Anali za istrske in mediteranske študije - Annali di Studi istriani e mediterranei - Annals for Istrian and Mediterranean Studies UDK 5 Letnik 29, Koper 2019, številka 1 ISSN 1408-533X (Print) ISSN 2591-1783 (Online) VSEBINA / INDICE GENERALE / CONTENTS 2019(1) SREDOZEMSKI MORSKI PSI Aytaç ÖZGÜL & Okan AKYOL SQUALI MEDITERRANEI Occurrence of a Lessepsian Swimming Crab, MEDITERRANEAN SHARKS Portunus segnis (Crustacea: Decapoda), in Southern Aegean Sea, Turkey ............................ 43 Hakan KABASAKAL Pojavljanje lesepske plavajoče rakovice, A Review of Shark Research in Turkish Waters ...... 1 Portunus segnis (Crustacea: Decapoda), Pregled raziskav o morskih psih v turških vodah v južnem Egejskem morju, Turčija Hakan KABASAKAL Moez SHAIEK, Sihem RAFRAFI-NOUIRA Finally Under Protection! Status of the Angel & Christian CAPAPÉ Shark, Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758) Occurrence and Unusual Abundance in Turkish Seas, with Notes on a Recent of Reticulated Leatherjack Stephanolepis Sighting and Incidental Captures ........................... 17 diaspros (Osteichthyes: Monacanthidae) Končno zavarovan! Status navadnega sklata, from the Lagoon of Bizerte (Northern Tunisia, Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758) Central Mediterranean Sea) .................................. 49 v turških morjih s posebnim poudarkom Pojavljanje in nenavadna številčnost afriškega na novejša opazovanja in naključne ulove kostoroga, Stephanolepis diaspros (Osteichthyes: Monacanthidae) iz lagune pri Bizerti (severna Sihem RAFRAFI-NOUIRA, Youssouph DIATTA, Tunizija, osrednje Sredozemsko morje) Almamy DIABY & Christian CAPAPÉ Additional Records of Rare Sharks from Northern Tunisia (Central Mediterranean Sea) ....... 25 IHTIOLOGIJA Dodatni zapisi o pojavljanju redkih morskih psov ITTIOLOGIA iz severne Tunizije (osrednje Sredozemsko morje) ICHTHYOLOGY Domen TRKOV, Borut MAVRIČ, RECENTNE SPREMEMBE V SREDOZEMSKI Martina ORLANDO-BONACA & Lovrenc LIPEJ BIODIVERZITETI Marine Cryptobenthic Fish Fauna CAMBIAMENTI RECENTI NELLA BIODIVERSITÀ of Slovenia (Northern Adriatic Sea) ....................... 59 MEDITERRANEA Morska kriptobentoška ribja favna Slovenije RECENT CHANGES IN MEDITERRANEAN (severni Jadran) BIODIVERSITY Polona PENGAL, Eva HORVAT Thodoros E. KAMPOURIS, Costas & Mihael J. TOMAN CONSTANTINOU & Ioannis E. BATJAKAS Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Anchovy Establishment of the Non-Indigenous Prawn (Engraulis encrasicolus) and Sardine Penaeus pulchricaudatus Stebbing, 1914 (Sardina pilchardus) Eggs in Slovenian in the Marine Area of Cyprus ................................ 37 Territorial Waters (Northern Adriatic) .................... 73 Tujerodna kozica Penaeus pulchricaudatus Prostorsko in časovno pojavljanje iker sardele Stebbing, 1914, ustaljena vrsta v vodah Cipra in sardona v slovenskem teritorialnem morju ANNALES · Ser. hist. nat. · 29 · 2019 · 1 Sihem RAFRAFI-NOUIRA, Youssouph DIATTA MISCELLANEA & Christian CAPAPÉ Overview of Trophic Levels Recorded Khadija OUNIFI BEN AMOR, Mohamed in Teleost Species from Northern Tunisian Mourad BEN AMOR & Jamila BEN SOUISSI Waters (Central Mediterranean Sea) ...................... 85 Abiotic Parameters in Tunis Southern Lagoon Pregled trofičnih nivojev pri ribah After an Environmental Restoration kostnicah vzdolž severnotunizijskih voda and Status of Macrobenthic Biocenosis (osrednje Sredozemsko morje) (Northern Tunisia, Central Mediterranean Sea) ...... 135 Abiotski parametri v tuniški južni laguni po okoljski obnovi in status makrobentoških FLORA biocenoz (severna Tunizija, osrednje FLORA Sredozemsko morje) FLORA Nenad JASPRICA, Marija PANDŽA DELO NAŠIH ZAVODOV IN DRUŠTEV & Milenko MILOVIĆ ATTIVITÀ DEI NOSTRI ISTITUTI E SOCIETÀ Spontaneous Vegetation on Slag Heaps ACTIVITIES BY OUR INSTITUTIONS in Southern Croatia .............................................. 93 AND ASSOCIATIONS Spontana vegetacija na jalovinah v južni Hrvaški Ana FORTIČ Amelio PEZZETTA Protecting Adriatic Biodiversity in Kotor: Le Lamiaceae della Flora Italiana: Distribuzione The Congress AdriBioPro 2019 ............................. 143 Regionale e Considerazioni Fitogeografiche .......... 103 Ustnatice (Lamiaceae) v italijanski flori: regionalna razširjenost in fitogeografski pomisleki IN MEMORIAM In Memoriam of Fabio Perco (1946–2019) FAVNA (Lovrenc Lipej) ..................................................... 147 FAUNA FAUNA Navodila avtorjem ................................................ 149 Manja ROGELJA & Lovrenc LIPEJ Istruzioni per gli autori .......................................... 151 Occurrence of Giant Tun, Tonna galea (Linnaeus, Instruction to Authors ............................................ 153 1758) (Gastropoda: Tonnidae) in the Marine Waters Off Slovenia (Northern Adriatic Sea) .......... 121 Kazalo k slikam na ovitku ..................................... 156 Pojavljanje velikega sodca, Tonna galea Index to images on the cover ................................ 156 (Linnaeus, 1758) (Gastropoda: Tonnidae) v morskih vodah Slovenije (severni Jadran) Jure JUGOVIC & Živa MUHIČ Spatial Distribution of Three Species of Palaemon Shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) in Badaševica River (SW Slovenia) .......... 125 Prostorska razporeditev treh vrst kozic iz rodu Palaemon (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) v Badaševici (JZ Slovenija) ANNALES · Ser. hist. nat. · 29 · 2019 · 1 received: 2019-04-03 DOI 10.19233/ASHN.2019.12 OCCURRENCE OF GIANT TUN, TONNA GALEA (LINNAEUS, 1758) (GASTROPODA: TONNIDAE) IN THE MARINE WATERS OFF SLOVENIA (NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA) Manja ROGELJA Aquarium Piran, Academic, Electronics and Maritime High School, Bolniška ulica 11, 6330 Piran, Slovenia Lovrenc LIPEJ Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology Piran, Fornače 41, SI-6330 Piran, Slovenia e-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT On 1st December 2018 a fisherman caught a specimen of the giant tun Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758) in the bottom trammel net for flounders, approximately 1 Nm outside the town of Izola. The net was placed on a muddy bottom at 20 m of depth. This is the second record
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