TIRALONGO FRANCESCO

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FRANCESCO TIRALONGO - Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato in Tenure Track (RTT) – Zoologia, BIOS-03/A
Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Catania
Responsabile del Laboratorio di Biologia della Fauna Marina Mediterranea
E-mail: francesco.tiralongo@unict.it

Biologo marino, zoologo e ittiologo, con attività di ricerca incentrata sulla biodiversità marina mediterranea, biologia della pesca, tassonomia ed ecologia della fauna marina, specie aliene e invasive e interazioni tra attività di pesca ed ecosistemi. Ha maturato una consolidata esperienza nel campionamento biologico in mare e a bordo di pescherecci, nell'identificazione tassonomica e caratterizzazione biologico-ecologica di organismi marini e nello studio delle catture commerciali e del by-catch. Dal 1° ottobre 2025 è Ricercatore RTT in Zoologia (BIOS-03/A) presso l'Università degli Studi di Catania, dove svolge attività di ricerca e didattica nell'ambito della Zoologia e della Biologia della Pesca ed è responsabile del Laboratorio di Biologia della Fauna Marina Mediterranea. Ha sviluppato collaborazioni con Università, CNR, istituti di ricerca e operatori della pesca per il recupero di campioni biologici e la raccolta di dati in ambiente marino. È autore di oltre 170 pubblicazioni scientifiche internazionali riguardanti biodiversità marina, invasioni biologiche, biologia ed ecologia delle specie marine, pesca e citizen science.

Pubblicazioni

Tiralongo F., Munari C. (2026). Editorial: The threat of invasive alien species and the challenge of climate change. Frontiers in Marine Science, 13, 1921255.

Di Camillo C.G., Zichittella G., Tiralongo F. (2026). The jaws in the jaws: morphofunctional analysis of the pharyngeal plates of Labrus viridis Linnaeus, 1758 (Teleostei, Labridae). Journal of Fish Biology, in press.

Tiralongo F., Bernardi J. (2026). A rare Mediterranean vagrant: Makaira cf. nigricans (Carangiformes: Istiophoridae) recorded off the Ebro Delta. Natural History Sciences, in press.

Tiralongo F., Licchelli C., Pappalardo A.M., Calogero G.S., Ferrito V., Denitto F., Terlizzi A. (2026). Unexpected occurrence of the Japanese amberjack Seriola quinqueradiata in the Mediterranean Sea: First record and possible introduction pathways. Acta Adriatica, 67, 87-94.

Pistevos J.C.A., Zenetos A., Stranga Y., Teaca A., Begun T., …, Tiralongo F., …, Katsanevakis S. (2026). Unpublished Mediterranean and Black Sea records of marine alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species (III). BioInvasions Records, 15, in press.

Consiglio A., Tiralongo F., Massaro A., Bellodi A., Palmisano M., Neglia C., Follesa M.C., Pappalardo A.M., Calogero G.S., Ferrito V., Carbonara P. (2026). Revisiting the Sawback Angelshark (Squatina aculeata Cuvier, 1829): New insights on distribution, morphology, and conservation in the Central Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biodiversity,56, 61.

Tiralongo F., Leotta P., Martellucci R. (2026). Physalia physalis in the central Mediterranean Sea: Recent observations associated with mass strandings of Velella velella and surface circulation dynamics. ANNALES - Series Historia Naturalis, in press.

Bonanomi S., Cattano C., Chiappi M., Milazzo M., Tiralongo F. Azzurro A. (2026). Updated distribution and temporal insights from baited underwater videos on the invasive Bluespotted Cornetfish Fistularia commersonii in the Mediterranean Sea. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 97, 105035.

Castriota L., Falautano M., Nota A., Tiralongo F (2026). New records of Priacanthus arenatus in the Mediterranean Sea: Morphological and molecular evidence with biogeographic insights. Frontiers in Marine Science, 13, 1784319.

Tiralongo F., Ugarković P. (2026). Additional record of the rare Cubiceps gracilis (Lowe, 1843) in the central Adriatic Sea (Jabuka Pit area). In: XX et al. New Records of Marine Biodiversity in Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 27, in press.

Tiralongo F., Giovannelli F., Zambetti A., Dimichino B., Baiata P., Pignalosa P. (2026). Trap-line: An innovative fishing gear for Mediterranean swordfish fisheries. Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 30(1), 192-195.

La Spina E., Barbagallo I.A., Giallongo C., …, Tiralongo F., Tibullo D. (2026). Jellyfish bioactive compounds fueling marine biotechnology in blue economy and biomedicine. Frontiers in Marine Science, 13, 1760658.

Tiralongo F. (2026). Blennies of the Mediterranean Sea – Biology and identification of Blenniidae, Clinidae and Tripterygiidae, 2nd Edition. 147 pp. ISBN: 979-8251093179.

Tiralongo F., Leotta P., Accolla H., Tibullo D., Felici A. (2026). Rapid expansion of a Lessepsian migrant crab, Gonioinfradens giardi (Crustacea, Brachyura, Portunidae), in the Ionian Sea: New records and early evidence of establishment. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 56, 145-149.

Mulder C., Tiralongo F. (2026). Safeguarding Sicily’s biodiversity: challenges in monitoring the global asymmetric warming in drying Mediterranean hotspots. Community Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42974-026-00291-8

Tiralongo F., Dimichino B., Nota A., Zambetti A., Pignalosa P., Marrone A., Tibullo D., Schembri J.P., Laspina M., Deidun A. (2026). The establishment of the northern brown shrimp Penaeus aztecus Ives, 1891 in the central Mediterranean: new fisheries records from Malta and the southern shores of Sicily. BioInvasions Record, 15 (2), 503-512.

Kovacic M., Tiralongo F., Wagner M. (2026). Checklist and identification key for clingfishes (Actinopterygii: Gobiesocidae) from the Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa, 5757(5), 401-437.

Azzurro E., Strafella P., Bertolino S., …, Tiralongo F., …, Cerri J. (2026). Tracks: Six good practices for non-indigenous species research and their SWOT evaluation. NeoBiota, 105, 229-257.

Brehmer P., Tiralongo F., Bordehore C. (2026). Sustainable fishing. Scientific Reports, 16, 5545.

Nota A., Hesselberg T., Tiralongo F. (2026). Stranding of tuna remains along Italian coasts: Insights from Citizen Science into potential illegal fishing. Oceans, 7(1), 12.

Tiralongo F., Leotta P. (2026). Westward expansion of Gonioinfradens giardi (Brachyura: Portunidae): First record from Italian waters. In: Zenetos et al. New Records of Marine Biodiversity in Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 27, 134-158.

Mancuso M., Tiralongo F., Calogero G.S., Manganaro G., Nota A., Ferrito V., Pappalardo A.M. (2026). Evidence of positive selection in the COI mitochondrial gene in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus (Decapoda: Portunidae). Scientific Reports, 16, 1155.

Tiralongo F., Leotta P., Marrone A., Deidun A. (2025). A new alien arrival to the Sicilian coast of the Ionian Sea: Trachysalambria palaestinensis (Steinitz, 1932). Ecologia Mediterranea, 51(2), in press.

Alsaadi A., Elbaraasi H., Elmsmari T., Alkklosh A., Almabrouk S., Elsilini O., Tiralongo F., Azzurro E. (2025). A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Red Sea Goatfish Parupeneus forsskali: An overlooked confirmed invader along the Libyan coast (southern Mediterranean Sea). Libyan Journal of Ecological & Environmental Sciences and Technology, 7(3), 44-52.

Tiralongo F., Torre G., De Maddalena A. (2025). Trophic interactions between the Gian devil ray Mobula mobular and sharks in Sicilian waters (Mediterranean Sea). Marine Biological Journal, 10(4), 102-105.

Leotta P., Cicciarella R., Garrano R., La Spina E., Tibullo D., Tiralongo F. (2025). Cassiopea andromeda at the southernmost tip of Italy: A recent arrival or an overlooked resident? ANNALES - Series Historia Naturalis, 35(2), 287-294.

Rizgalla J., Fitori A., Tiralongo F., Ben Abdalah (2025). First records of blennies (Suborder Blennioidea) off the coast of Libya. ANNALES - Series Historia Naturalis, 35(2), 245-256.

Guerra-García J.M., Desiderato A., Mucciolo S., …, Tiralongo F., …, Saenz-Arias P. (2025). The spread of Aoroides longimerus Ren & Zheng, 1996 across the Mediterranean and the Atlantic: genetic diversity, anthropogenic transport, and ecological implications. Mediterranean Marine Science, 26(4), 842-859.

Martellucci R., Tiralongo F., Darmaraki S. F., D'Alessandro M., Mancinelli G., Mancini E., Simonini R., Menna M., Pirro A., Borme D., Auriemma R., Graziano M., Mauri E. (2025). Mediterranean marine heatwave 2023: ecosystem and fisheries impacts in Italian waters. In: von Schuckmann K., Moreira L., de Pascual Collar Á., Grégoire M., Brasseur P., Garric G., Karstensen J., Lionello P., Marcos M., Poulain P.-M., Staneva J. (eds.), 9th edition of the Copernicus Ocean State Report (OSR9). Copernicus Publications, State Planet, 6-osr9, 9.

Giovos I., Ciprian M., Copat C., Felici A., Katselis G., Kazlari Z., Loukovitis D., Mazzoldi C., Naasan Aga Spyridopoulou R., Sánchez-Rea A., Tiralongo F., Moutopoulos D. K. (2025). Trace element levels in the sharks and rays of Amvrakikos Wetlands National Park, Greece. Science of the Total Environment, 1002, 180577.

Bakhshalizadeh S., Abbasi K., Liafuie A.R., Tiralongo F. (2025). Evidence for reducing fitness and competition of the native fish with invasive fish species in the south Caspian Sea. Marine Environmental Research, 212, 107566.

Furfaro G., Solca M., Madrenas E., Tiralongo F., Trainito E. (2025). Molecular updates on the “Warty Dorid” Doris verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) from the Mediterranean Sea. Diversity, 17(8), 586.

Tiralongo F., Nota A. (2025). Lionfish on the western front: Pterois miles enters the Tyrrhenian Sea. In: Bariche et al. New records of introduced species in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science,26(4), 941-971.

Bernardi J., Tiralongo F. (2025). Northernmost Mediterranean record of Lagocephalus cf. spadiceus (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontidae) from the Venice Lagoon (Adriatic Sea). Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, 41, 237.

Michail C., Tiralongo F. (2025). First occurrence of Ariidae in Cypriot waters – A major contribution to biodiversity. ANNALES - Series Historia Naturalis, 35, 35-40.

Azzurro E., Falautano M., Castriota L., Chiappi M., D’Amen M., Lunetta A., Interdonato F., Spinelli A., Tiralongo F. (2025). Tracking the Lionfish (Pterois miles) invasion through public engagement: new records and implications for Species Distribution Models in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 26(3), 484-490.

Nota A., Santovito A., Tiralongo F. (2025). Northern refuge or new thermophilic hotspot? Citizen science evidence of rare, thermophilic, and alien fishes in the Ligurian Sea (NW Mediterranean). Oceans, 6, 25.

Cincotta F., Merlino M., Verzera A., Tiralongo F., Torre M., Condurso C. (2025). Sensory features and consumer acceptability of the invasive Blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 in the Mediterranean area. European Food Research and Technology, 251, 2719-2729.

Tiralongo F., Russo F. (2025). Further nord! The thermophilic Ocypode cursor (Linnaeus, 1758) reaches Latium. In: Toma et al. New records of rarely reported species in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 26(4), 972-994.

Tiralongo F., Nik Zad H., Felici A. (2025). Demographic explosion of the brown shrimp Penaeus aztecus Ives 1891 (Decapoda: Penaeidae) in the central and northern Adriatic: implications for ecosystems and fisheries. Natural History Sciences, 12(2), 94-98.

Tiralongo F., Mancini E. (2025). A new record of the rare cephalopod Octopoteuthis sicula Rüppell, 1844 (Oegopsida, Octopoteuthidae) from Italian waters. In: Báez et al. New records of rarely reported species in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 26(1), 256-276.

Spinelli A., Tiralongo F. (2025). First record of Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790) from the Strait of Gibraltar. In: Báez et al. New records of rarely reported species in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 26(1), 256-276.

Strano F., Tiralongo F., Micaroni V. (2025). Pointed-snout wrasse bulds nest on Sarcotragus foetidus sponges. Ecology, 106, e4531.

Falautano M., Livi S., Tiralongo F., Azzurro E., Grech D., Masala C., Castriota L. (2025). New records of the spotfin burrfish Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) along the Italian coasts. Mediterranean Marine Science, 26(1), 90-96.

Tiralongo F., Marcelli M., Anselmi G., Gattelli R., Felici A. (2024). Invasion of freshwater systems by the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 – new insights from Italian regions. Acta Adriatica, 65, 193-204.

Tiralongo F., Nota A., Mancini E., Musco L. (2024). Wounds inflicted on humans by the White Seabream (Diplodus sargus): First scientific report of aggressive behavior. ANNALES - Series Historia Naturalis, 34(2), 291-298.

Tiralongo F., Dragičević B. (2024). Editorial: Mediterranean coastal fish biology and ecology. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1512836.

Tiralongo F., Laspina F. (2024). Documenting the invasion: First well-documented record of Cassiopea cf. andromeda in the Italian Ionian Sea. In: Kleitou et al. New records of introduced species in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 26(1), 175-198.

Tiralongo F., Nota A., Di Pasquale C., Muccio E., Felici A. (2024). Trophic interactions of Callinectes sapidus (Blue crab) in Vendicari Nature Reserve (Central Mediterranean, Ionian Sea) and first record of Penaeus aztecus (Brown Shrimp). Diversity, 16, 724.

Rubini S., Massella E., Bertasi B., Mangeri L., Dell’Orfano G., Russo S., Sampieri M., Tiralongo F., Taddei R. (2024). Isolation of Shewanella algae from blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) in Northwestern Adriatic Sea. European Journal of Public Health, 34, Suppl. 3, iii354.

Rubini S., Tiralongo F., Barsi F., Rizzi P., Peloso M., Accurso D., Taddei R., Bertasi B., Quaglio E., Toscanesi M., Trifuoggi M. (2024). Heavy metals in the blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) collected in coastal lagoons and shallow marine waters of Northwestern Adriatic Sea. Toxicology Letters, 399S2, S320-S321.

Azzurro E., Bonanomi S., Chiappi M., De Marco R., Luna G.M., Cella M., Guicciardi S., Tiralongo F., Bonifazi A., Strafella P. (2024). Uncovering unmet demand and key insights for the invasive blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) market before and after the Italian outbreak: Implications for policymakers and industry stakeholders. Marine Policy, 167, 106295.

Al Mabruk S., Abdulghani A., Tiralongo F. (2024). First record of Himantura Müller & Henle, 1837 in Libyan waters: A comprehensive discussion of misidentification issues and ecological implications in the Mediterranean Sea. ANNALES - Series Historia Naturalis, 34(1), 45-50.

Tiralongo F., Ricchitelli E. (2024). Salaria basilisca (Actinopterygii: Blenniidae) in Mediterranean waters: New biological and ecological data emerging from the collaboration between citizen scientists and researchers. ANNALES - Series Historia Naturalis, 34(1), 87-92.

Nota A., Bertolino S., Tiralongo F., Santovito A. (2024). Adaptation to bioinvasions: When does it occur? Global Change Biology, 30, e17362.

Bitetto F., Tiralongo F., Ignoto S., Lombardo B.M., Ravisato M., Pierri C. (2024). Biodiversità dell’ittiofauna criptica associata agli impianti di mitilicoltura: Un caso studio del Mar Mediterraneo. Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 28(1), 101-104.

Tiralongo F., Bitar G. (2024). New Mediterranean records of Istiblennius cf. meleagris: further documented observations from Lebanon. J. Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment, 30(1), 55-59.

Chebaane S., Sempere-Valverde J., Desiderato A., Gueroun S.K.M., Tiralongo F., Azzurro E., Bouhlel R., Derouiche E., Sghaier Y.R. (2024). Venomous foes in Mediterranean Africa: occurrence of Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758), and first records of Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777 for Algeria and Tunisia. Thalassas, 40, 847-855.

Ventura D., Dubois S., Cardella E., Colloca F., Tiralongo F., Rakaj A., Bonifazi A., Lasinio G.J., Mancini E., Bertocci I., Casoli E., Mancini G. (2024). Defining the role of Sabellaria alveolata reefs as nursery areas for juvenile fish: first evidence from drone-based imagery and underwater visual census data. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 735, 103-123.

Scacco U., Zanardi F., Kroha S., Mancini E., Tiralongo F., Nascetti G. (2024). Age readings and assessment in coastal batoid elasmobranchs from small-scale size-selective fishery: the importance of data comparability in multi-specific assemblages. Diversity, 16, 271.

Azzola A., Bianchi C.N., Merotto L., Nota A., Tiralongo F., Morri C., Oprandi A. (2024). The changing biogeography of the Ligurian sea: seawater warming and further records of southern species. Diversity, 16, 159.

Nota A., Tiralongo F., Santovito A., Torroni A., Olivieri A. (2024). Chronicles of Kyphosus in the Mediterranean Sea: new records and complete mitogenomes support the scenario of one expanding fish species. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1411111.

Monti F., Mori E., Balestrieri R., Minichino A., Vento R., Viviano A., Tiralongo F. (2024). First data on the diet of Razorbill Alca torda wintering in the Mediterranean Sea: insights from social media. Mediterranean Marine Science, 25, 58-66.

Crocetta F., Tiralongo F. (2024). Ocypode cursor (Linnaeus, 1758): a thermophilic decapod species detected further north in the Tyrrhenian Sea. In: Digenis et al. New records of rarely reported species in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 25, 84-115.

Virgili R., Fasciglione P., Tiralongo F., Raimondo P., Palomba M., Santoro M., De Luca P., Crocetta F. (2024). Interdisciplinary approaches at early invasion stages maximise the evidence on human-induced and climate-driven fish dispersal. Hydrobiologia, 852, 2241-2261.

Tiralongo F. (2024). A new record of the rare Hypleurochilus bananensis (Poll 1959) (Actinopterygii: Blenniidae) with a review of its distribution and ecology in Italian seas. Natural History Sciences, 11, 81-84.

Spinelli A., Baquero P.S., Tiralongo F. (2024). Westward expansion of the brown shrimp Penaeus aztecus Ives 1891 (Decapoda: Penaeidae) in the Mediterranean Sea: a review on the Mediterranean distribution and first record from Spain. Natural History Sciences, 11, 65-70.

Marmara D., Brundo M.V., Pecoraro R., Scalisi E.M., Contino M., Sica C., Ferruggia G., Indelicato S., Velardita R., Tiralongo F., Krasakopoulou E. (2024). Plastic additives in commercial fish of Aegean and Ionian Seas and potential hazard to human health. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1334237.

Tiralongo F. (2024). Unraveling the Story of the Black Scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758): Exploring Local Ecological Knowledge and the Exploitative History of a Marine Species. Fishes, 9, 31.

Marmara D., Katsanevakis S., Brundo M.V., Tiralongo F., Ignoto S., Krasakopoulou E. (2023). Microplastics ingestion by marine fauna with a particular focus on commercial species: a systematic review. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1240969.

Tiralongo F., Marino S., Ignoto S., Martellucci R., Lombardo B.M., Mancini E., Scacco U. (2023). Impact of Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766) (Polychaeta: Amphinomidae) on artisanal fishery: A case study from the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Environmental Research, 192, 106227.

Tiralongo F., Pappalardo A.M., Ignoto S., Lombardo B.M., Ferrito V., Aitor C.S., Spinelli A. (2023). The African Striped Grunt, Parapristipoma octolineatum (Valenciennes, 1833), in the Mediterranean Sea: The Third Record with Biological and Ecological Notes, and Identification Key for Haemulidae Recorded in the Mediterranean. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11, 1688.

Baruffaldi M., Rubini S., Ignoto S., Angelini V., Tiralongo F. (2023). Learning from Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) epibionts: a study from the Adriatic Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1243153.

Nota A., Tibullo D., Crocetta F., Ignoto S., Azzurro E., Tiralongo F. (2023). The AlienFish project: monitoring non-indigenous fish along italian coasts. III International Young Researchers Conference on Invasive Species 2023. Vigo, 22–23 May 2023. Book of Abstract, 47–48.

Mancini E., Catalano G., Lezzi M., Tiralongo F., Bonifazi A. (2023). First record of Megamphopus katagani Bakir, Sezgin & Myers, 2011 (Amphipoda, Photidae) in the Italian waters: A species associated with the “amphioxus sand” biocenosis. Diversity, 15, 358.

Ignoto S., Tiralongo F., Carnevale A., Capillo G., Indelicato S., Brundo M.V. (2023). Assessment of gonadic maturity stage of Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) in the eastern coast of Sicily. Journal of Biological Research, 96(s1), 8.

Kovačić M., Renoult J.P., Pillon R., Bilecenoglu M., Tiralongo F., …, Yokes M.B. (2023). The delimitation of geographic distribution of Gobius bucchichi and Gobius incognitus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11, 516.

Vella A., Scicluna Y., Mifsud C.M., Monaco C., Peri I., Tibullo D., Tiralongo F., Vella N. (2023). The first record of the marbled spinefoot, Siganus rivulatus Forsskål and Niebuhr, 1775 and further records of the dusky spinefoot, Siganus luridus (Rüppell, 1829) from Malta. BioInvasions Records, 12(2), 417-426.

Ignoto S., Pecoraro R., Scalisi E.M., Contino M., Ferruggia G., Indelicato S., Fiorenza R., Balsamo S.A., Impellizzeri G., Tiralongo F., Salvaggio A., Brundo M.V. (2023). Spermiotoxicity of Nano-TiO2 compounds in the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816): Considerations on water remediation. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11, 380.

Ibrahim S.M., Abdulrraziq A.A., Abdulghani A., Al Mabruk S.A.A., Tiralongo F. (2023). The westernmost record of Terapon jarbua (Forsskål, 1775) in the Mediterranean Sea: a new non-indigenous fish for Lybia. Acta Adriatica, 64, 87-90.

Ragkousis M., Zenetos A., Ben Souissi S.J., …, Tiralongo F., …, Katsanevakis S. (2023). Unpublished Mediterranean and Black Sea records of marine alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species. BioInvasions Records, 12(2), 339-369.

Tiralongo F., Cappuccinelli R. (2023). New Mediterranean record of the rare Offshore rockfish, Pontinus kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825). In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 24(2), 392-418.

Trainito E., Tiralongo F. (2023). First report of Paragalene longicrura (Nardo, 1869) in Sardinia (Tyrrhenian Sea). In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 24(2), 392-418.

Osca D., Caputi L., Tanduo V., Sepe R.M., Liberti A., …, Tiralongo F., …, Pepe T. (2022). The complete mitochondrial genome of the zebra seabream Diplodus cervinus (Perciformes, Sparidae) from the Mediterranean Sea. Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 7, 2006–2008.

Nuez I., Giovos I., Tiralongo F., …, Gazo M. (2023). Assessing the current status of Hexanchus griseus in the Mediterranean Sea using local ecological knowledge. Marine Policy, 147, 105378.

Micaroni V., Strano F., Crocetta F., Di Franco D., Piraino S., …, Tiralongo F., …, Boero F. (2022). Project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”: A species inventory of the coastal area of southeastern Salento (Ionian Sea, Italy). Diversity, 14, 904.

Mancini E., Tiralongo F., Coccia Collepardo F., Pieracci D., Tentoni E., Ceci M., Cerioni S. (2022). The wels catfish Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758 (Actinopterygii Siluriformes) in Italian waters: a review with first report in the Bolsena lake (Italy). Biodiversity Journal, 13, 673–684.

Giovos I., Brundo M.V., Doumpas N., Kazlari Z., Loukovitis D., …, Tiralongo F., …, Copat C. (2022). Trace elements in edible tissues of elasmobranchs from the North Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean) and potential risks from consumption. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 184, 114129.

Bakhshalizadeh S., Abbasi K., Liafuie A.R., Bani A., Pavithran A., Tiralongo F. (2022). Morphometric analyses of phenotypic plasticity in habitat use in two Caspian Sea mullets. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10, 1398.

Tiralongo F., Hall-Spencer J.M., Giovos I., Kleitou P. (2022). Editorial: Biological invasions in the Mediterranean Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 1016168.

Kaminas A., Shokouros-Oskarsson M., Minasidis V., Langeneck J., Kleitou P., Tiralongo F., Crocetta F. (2022). Filling gaps via citizen science: Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld, 1884 (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Mastigiidae) in Cyprus (eastern Mediterranean Sea). BioInvasions Records, 11, 667–675.

Scacco U., Tiralongo F., Mancini E. (2022). Feeding in deep-waters: Temporal and size-related plasticity in the diet of the slope predator fish Coelorinchus caelorhincus (Risso, 1810) in the Central Tyrrhenian Sea. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10, 1235.

Badreddine A., Tiralongo F. (2022). The expansion of the Peacock Rock Skipper Istiblennius meleagris (Valenciennes, 1836) in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: First record from the Lebanese intertidal reefs. Journal of Fisheries & Livestock Production, 10, 1000362.

Tiralongo F., Ignoto S., Marino S., Martellucci R., Lombardo B.M., Mancini E. (2022). Impact of Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766) (Polychaeta: Amphinomidae) on artisanal fishery: A case study from the Mediterranean Sea. 81° Congresso Unione Zoologica Italiana, 20-23 settembre, Trieste. Abstract Book, p. 53

Ignoto S., Mancini E., Lombardo B.M., Di Maria G., Lo Brutto S., Tiralongo F. (2022). Ghost nets as substrate for marine invertebrates. 81° Congresso Unione Zoologica Italiana, 20-23 settembre, Trieste. Abstract Book, p. 50.

Tiralongo F., Ignoto S., Donnaiola M., Mancini E., Coco S., Felici A., Lombardo B.M. (2022) The Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) in the southeastern Sicily (Ionian Sea): fisheries and opportunities of a new biological resource – 6th International Congress on Biodiversity “Biodiversity and the new scenarios on alien species, climate, environment and energy” – Polo Territoriale Universitario di Trapani, 2-3 settembre 2022, Trapani.

Donnaiola M., Neglia C., Tiralongo F., Casciaro L., Carbonara P. (2022). Spatial-time distribution of the alien Penaeus aztecus Ives, 1891 (Crustacea, Decapoda) and preliminary consideration on its impact in the Central-Western Mediterranean – 6th International Congress on Biodiversity “Biodiversity and the new scenarios on alien species, climate, environment and energy” – Polo Territoriale Universitario di Trapani, 2-3 settembre 2022, Trapani.

Felici A., Roncarati R., Tiralongo F., Coco S. (2022). Nutritional characteristics of the edible part of the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896, collected in the middle Adriatic Sea – 6th International Congress on Biodiversity “Biodiversity and the new scenarios on alien species, climate, environment and energy” – Polo Territoriale Universitario di Trapani, 2-3 settembre 2022, Trapani.

Rallis G., Ciprian M., Papale A., Giovos I., Spyridopoulou R.N.A., …, Tiralongo F., …, Moutopoulos D.K. (2022). Discovering the feeding habits of rays in the Ambracian Gulf. Sharks International 2022, 10-14 october online, 20-22 october Valencia.

Tiralongo F., Giovos I., Brundo M.V., Doumpas N., Ignoto S., …, Copat C. (2022). Potential risks from consumption of fishes: A trace elements study in edible tissue of elasmobranchs from the Aegean Sea. One Health Conference, 27-28 settembre, Catania.

Lazic T., Nota A., Amoruso V., Tiralongo F., Pierri C., Gristina M. (2022). Assessing seahorses’ distribution along the Italian coasts through citizen science and social media platforms. 2022 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea: Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea), 2022, pp. 554–558, doi: 10.1109/MetroSea55331.2022.9950975.

Gallo S., Barone M., Giglio G., Mancusi C., Romano C., Tiralongo F., …, Serena F. (2022). Sightings of large elasmobranchs from the Mediterranean: new data from MEDLEM database in the last five years (2017–2022). 2022 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea: Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea), 2022, pp. 293–297, doi: 10.1109/MetroSea55331.2022.9950984.

Ignoto S., Brundo M.V., Salvaggio A., Lombardo B.M., Tiralongo F. (2022) Analisi quali-quantitativa degli isopodi parassiti in specie ittiche marine pescate nella Sicilia sud-orientale. XXVI Congresso S.I.P.I. – Società Italiana di Patologia Ittica, 23-25 giugno 2022, Messina. Atti del Congresso.

Capillo G., Tiralongo F. (2022). A new Mediterranean record of the rare football octopus Ocythoe tuberculata Rafinesque, 1814: a female specimen from Spain. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 23, 968–994.

Kaminas A., Shokouros-Oskarsson M., Minasidis V., Langeneck J., Kleitou P., Tiralongo F., Crocetta F. (2022). Filling gaps via citizen science: Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld, 1884 (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Mastigiidae) in Cyprus (eastern Mediterranean Sea). BioInvasions Records, 11, 667–675.

Scacco U., Mancini E., Marcucci F., Tiralongo F. (2022). Microplastics in the deep: comparing dietary and plastic ingestion data between two Mediterranean bathyal opportunistic feeder species, Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810 and Coelorinchus caelorhincus (Risso, 1810), through stomach content analysis. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering,10, 624.

Tiralongo F., Badalamenti R., Arizza V., Prieto L., Lo Brutto S. (2022). The Portuguese Man-of-War has always entered the Mediterranean Sea – Strandings, Sightings, and Museum collections. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 856979.

Kerametsidis G., Glarou M., Tiralongo F., Akbora H.D., Andrés C., …, Gonzalvo J. (2022) Assessing human-wildlife interactions in the Anthropocene: a social media-based study on the Mediterranean monk seal, a flagship species for marine conservation. 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Ashdod, Israel, 5-7 April 2022.

Tiralongo F., Tibullo D., Monaco C., Peri I., Vella A., Vella N., Messina G., Lombardo B.M. (2022). From the Strait of Sicily to the Sicilian Ionian Sea: the expansion of Hemiramphus far (Forsskål, 1775) in Italian waters. BioInvasions Records, 11, 524–529.

Coco S., Roncarati A., Tiralongo F., Felici A. (2022). Meridionalization as a possible resource for fisheries: The case study of Caranx rhonchus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817, in southern Italian waters. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10, 274.

Langeneck J., Minasidis V., Doumpas N., Giovos I., Kaminas A., Kleitou P., Tiralongo F., Crocetta F. (2022). Citizen science helps in tracking the range expansions of non-indigenous and neo-native species in Greece and Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10, 256.

Tiralongo F., Ulman A. (2022). First record of Terapon puta Cuvier, 1829 in the central Mediterranean Sea: a contribution from citizen science through social media. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 23, 725-747.

Ignasi, N.R., Giovos I., Tiralongo F., …, Gazo M. (2021). A stitch in time saves nine? Checking the current status of Hexanchus griseus in the Mediterranean Sea through the fishermen’s eyes. Abstract al 24th Congress of the European Elasmobranch Association, Leiden, 3–5 novembre 2021.

Kaminas A., Minasidis V., Doumpas N., Naasan Agah R., Tiralongo F. (2021). Occurrence of Trachipterus trachypterus and Zu cristatus in the Greek seas: Contribution of citizen science projects in rare species monitoring. Poster al HydroMedit 2021 - 4th International Congress on Applied Ichthyology, Oceanography & Aquatic Environment, Virtual, 4–6 November 2021.

D’Iglio C., Albano M., Tiralongo F., Famulari S., Rinelli P., Savoca S., Spanò N., Capillo G. (2021). Biological and ecological aspects of the blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810) in the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 9, 967.

Tiralongo F., Mancini E., Ventura D., De Malerbe S., Paladini De Mendoza F., Sardone M., Arciprete R., Massi D., Marcelli M., Fiorentino F., Minervini R. (2021). Commercial catches and discards composition in the central Tyrrhenian Sea: a multispecies quantitative and qualitative analysis from shallow and deep bottom trawling. Mediterranean Marine Science, 22, 521-531.

Mancini E., Miccoli A., Piazzolla D., Saraceni P.R., Lezzi M., Tiralongo F., Bonifazi A., Picchietti S., Marcelli M. (2021) Macrozoobenthic fauna associated with benthic marine litter (Northern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) and first report of two bryozoan species in Italian waters. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 47, 101912.

Tiralongo F., La Mesa G., Paladini De Mendoza F., Massari F., Azzurro E. (2021). Underwater photo contests to complement coastal fish inventories: results from two Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean. Mediterranean Marine Science, 22, 436–445.

Ulman A., Harris H., Doumpas N., Akbora H.D., Al Mabruk S.A.A., …, Tiralongo F., Yildiz T. (2021). Low pufferfish and lionfish predation in their native and invaded ranges suggests human control mechanisms may be necessary to control their Mediterranean abundances. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 670413.

Tiralongo F., Azzurro E. (2021). New records of uncommon fish species from the western Mediterranean Sea: The contribution of citizens through the Seawatchers.net platform. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 22, 627–652.

Miccoli A., Mancini E., Boschi M., Provenza F., Lelli V., Tiralongo F., Renzi M., Terlizzi A., Bonamano S., Marcelli M. (2021). Trophic, chemo-ecological and sex-specific insights on the relation between Diplodus sargus and the invasive Caulerpa cylindracea (Sonder, 1845). Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 680787.

Al Mabruk S., Giovos I., Tiralongo F. (2021). New record of Epinephelus areolatus in the Mediterranean Sea: First record from Syria. Annales, Series Historia Naturalis, 31, 23–28.

Tiralongo F. (2021). Coastal Fish Research. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 9, 546 + Special Issue Coastal Fish Research, 159 p.

Innocenti G., Fratini S., Tiralongo F., Natali C., Crocetta F. (2021). The rare Calappa tuerkayana Pastore, 1995 is a juvenile stage of the common Calappa granulata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Brachyura: Calappidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 293, 9–16.

Tiralongo F., Villani G., Arciprete R., Mancini E. (2021). Filling the gap on Italian records of an invasive species: first records of the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae), in Latium and Campania (Tyrrhenian Sea). Acta Adriatica, 61, 99–104.

Tiralongo F., Kalogirou S., Agostini I. (2021). First records of a new color pattern in the Goldblotch Grouper, Epinephelus costae (Steindachner, 1878) (Actinopterygii: Serranidae) and first record of leucism in the European conger, Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758) (Actinopterygii: Congridae): a citizen science contribution. Acta Adriatica, 61, 117–123.

Cazzolla Gatti R., Ugarkovic P., Tiralongo F. (2021). New evidence of a fish-bird interspecific feeding association between the European seabass and the European shag in the Mediterranean Sea. Aquatic Ecology, 55, 1113–1119.

D’Iglio C., Capillo G., Rinelli P., Di Fresco D., Savoca S., Spanò N., Tiralongo F. (2021). New data on the diet and feeding habits of the Blackmouth Catshark, Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810 from the southern Tyrrhenian Sea. 93rd National Congress of the Italian Society of Experimental Biology, Palermo 22-25 April 2021. Journal of Biological Research, 94: s1. Abstract.

Tiralongo F., Messina, G., Lombardo, B.M. (2021). Invasive species control: Predation on the alien crab Percnon gibbesi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) (Malacostraca: Percnidae) by the Rock Goby, Gobius paganellus Linnaeus, 1758 (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 9 (4), 393.

Crocetta F., Shokouros-Oskarsson M., Doumpas N., Giovos I., Kalogirou S., Langeneck J., Tanduo V., Tiralongo F., Virgili R., Kleitou P. (2021). Protect the natives to combat the aliens: could Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 be a natural agent for the control of the lionfish invasion in the Mediterranean Sea? Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 9, 308.

Al Mabruk S.A.A., Abdulghani A., Nour O.M., Adel M., Crocetta F., Doumpas N., Kleitou P., Tiralongo F. (2021). The role of social media in compensating for the lack of field studies: five new fish species for the Mediterranean Egypt. Journal of Fish Biology, 99, 673–678.

Tiralongo F., Azzurro E. (2021). First record of Paranthias furcifer (Valenciennes, 1828) (Pisces, Serranidae) from Spain. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 22(1), 180–198.

Tiralongo F., Mancini E. (2021). Ocypode cursor (Linnaeus, 1758) expands its range along the Mediterranean coasts: first record from the Tyrrhenian Sea and a new record from the Ionian Sea. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 22(1), 199–217.

Tiralongo F., Isgrò C., Tibullo D. (2020). Orthopristis chrysoptera (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Haemulidae): A new alien fish for the Mediterranean Sea. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 50(4), 539–542.

Doumpas N., Tanduo V., Crocetta F., Giovos I., Langeneck J., Tiralongo F., Kleitou P. (2020). The bastard grunt Pomadasys incisus (Bowdich, 1825) in Cyprus - a late arrival or just a neglected species? Biodiversity Data Journal, 8, e58646.

Tiralongo F., Pillon R. (2020). New distributional records of Gobius bucchichi (Pisces, Gobiidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and in situ comparisons with Gobius incognitus. Annales, Series Historia Naturalis, 30(2), 215–220.

Tiralongo F., Monaco C., De Maddalena A. (2020). Report on a Great White Shark Carcharodon carcharias observed off Lampedusa, Italy. Annales, Series Historia Naturalis, 30(2), 181–186.

Salvaggio A., Pecoraro R., Copat C., Ferrante M., Grasso A., Scalisi E.M., Ignoto S., Bonaccorsi V.S., Messina G., Lombardo B.M., Tiralongo F., Brundo M.V. (2020). Bioaccumulation of metals/metalloids and histological and immunohistochemical changes in the tissue of the European Hake, Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pisces: Gadiformes: Merlucciidae), for environmental pollution assessment. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 8, 0712.

Tiralongo F., Azzurro E. (2020). First record of the redlip blenny, Ophioblennius atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836), from the Ionian Sea. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 21, 3, 631–652.

Garrabou J., Agell G., Chic O., Garcìa M., Lòpez-Sendino P., …, Tiralongo F., …, Garcia-Charton, J.A. (2020). Observadores del mar: A marine citizen science platform working for a healthy ocean. 7th International Symposium on Marine Sciences-ISMS, Barcelona, Spain, 1st-3rd July 2020, 11–12. Abstract.

Tiralongo F., Messina G., Lombardo B.M., Longhitano L., Li Volti G., Tibullo D. (2020). Skin mucus of marine fish as source for the development of antimicrobial agents. Frontiers in Marine Science, section Marine Biotechnology, 7, 541853.

Macali A., Semenov A., Paladini de Mendoza F., Dinoi A., Bergami E., Tiralongo F. (2020). Relative influence of environmental factors on biodiversity and behavioural traits of a rare mesopelagic fish, Trachipterus trachypterus (Gmelin, 1789), in a continental shelf front of the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 8, 581.

Tiralongo F., Crocetta F., Riginella E., Lillo A.O., Tondo E., Macali A., Mancini E., Russo F., Coco S., Paolillo G., Azzurro E. (2020). Snapshot of rare, exotic and overlooked fish species in the Italian seas: a citizen science survey. Journal of Sea Research, 164, 101930.

Tiralongo F., Messina G., Lombardo B.M. (2020). First data on habitat preference, diet and length-weight relationship of Gobius incognitus Kovačić & Šanda, 2016 (Pisces: Gobiidae). Acta Adriatica, 61(1), 67–78.

Mancusi C., Baino R., Fortuna C., De Sola L.G., Morey G., …, Tiralongo F., …, Serena F. (2020). MEDLEM database, a data collection on large Elasmobranchs in the Mediterranean and Black seas. Mediterranean Marine Science, 21(2), 276–288.

Azzurro E., Tiralongo F. (2020). First record of the mottled spinefoot Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782) in Mediterranean waters: a Facebook based detection. Mediterranean Marine Science, 21(2), 448–451.

Tiralongo F., Messina, G., Lombardo, B.M. (2020). Biological aspects of juveniles of the common stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758) (Elasmobranchii, Dasyatidae), from the central Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 8, 269.

Katsanevakis S., Poursanidis D., Hoffman R., Rizgalla J., Rothman S.B.S., …, Tiralongo F., …, Zenetos A. (2020). Unpublished Mediterranean records of marine alien and cryptogenic species. Bioinvasions Records, 9(2), 165–182.

Tiralongo F., Messina G., Poidomani S., Salvaggio A., Lombardo B.M. (2020). Morphological analysis reveals the presence of Hepatoxylon trichiuri (Holten, 1802) Bosc, 1811 (Cestoda: Sphyriocephalidae) in Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) (Pisces: Trichiuridae) from the Mediterranean Sea. Microscopy Research and Technique, 83(8): 949–952.

Tiralongo F., Arculeo M., Yeo M.D., Kakou B.I., Adepo-Gourene A.B. (2020). First data on population structure and growth parameters of Ocypode cursor (Linnaeus, 1758) along the Mediterranean and Atlantic coast. CBM – Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 61(4): 405¬–413.

Tiralongo F. (2020). Blennies of the Mediterranean Sea – Biology and identification of Blenniidae, Clinidae and Tripterygiidae, 139 pp. ISBN: 979-8615335600.

Tiralongo F., Mancini E. (2020). First record of Sacculina eriphiae Smith, 1906 in the Ionian Sea: a rare case of double infection on Eriphia verrucosa (Forskål, 1775). In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 21(2): 340–359.

Giovos I., Tiralongo F., Langeneck J., Kaminas A., Kleitou P., Crocetta F., Doumpas N. (2020). First record of the Atlantic spadefish Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet, 1782) in the Mediterranean Sea: it is a new aquarium release? BioInvasions Records, 9: 89–95.

Osca D., Tanduo V., Tiralongo F., Giovos I., Almabruk S.A.A., Crocetta F., Rizgalla J. (2020). The Indo-Pacific Sergeant Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Perciformes: Pomacentridae) in Lybia, south-central Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 8(1): 14. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8010014.

Tiralongo F., Messina G., Marino S., Bellomo S., Vanadia A., Borzì L., Tibullo D., Di Stefano A., Lombardo B.M. (2020). Abundance, distribution and ecology of the tufted ghost crab Ocypode cursor (Linnaeus, 1758) (Crustacea: Ocypodidae) from a recently colonized urban sandy beach, and new records from Sicily (central Mediterranean Sea). Journal of Sea Research, 156, 101832.

Giovos I., Arculeo M., Doumpas N., Katsada D., Maximiadi M., Mitsou E., Paravas V., Aga-Spyridopoulou RN., Stoilas VO., Tiralongo F., Tsamadias I., Vecchioni L., Moutopoulos DK. (2020). Assessing multiple sources of data to detect illegal fishing, trade and mislabelling of elasmobranchs in Greek markets. Marine Policy, 112, 103730.

Cazzolla Gatti R., Messina G., Tiralongo F., Ursino L.A., Lombardo B.M. (2020). Learning from the environment: how predation changes the behavior of terrestrial Isopoda. Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 32: 29–45.

Tiralongo F., Giovos I., Messina G., Tibullo D., Lombardo B.M. (2019). First confirmed record of Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838) (Pisces: Gobiidae) from the Ionian Sea with notes on habitat and distribution. Acta Adriatica, 60(2): 199–204.

Tiralongo F., Messina G., Brundo M.V., Lombardo B.M. (2019). Biological aspects of the common torpedo, Torpedo torpedo (Linnaeus, 1758) (Elasmobranchii, Torpedinidae), in the central Mediterranean Sea (Sicily, Ionian Sea). European Zoological Journal, 86(1): 488–496.

Lillo A.O., Tiralongo F., Tondo E. (2019). New records of Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in the Mediterranean Sea. Natural and Engineering Sciences, 4(3): 293–298.

Tiralongo F., Giovos I., Doumpas N., Langeneck J., Kleitou P., Crocetta F. (2019). Is the Mangrove Red Snapper Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775) established in the eastern Mediterranean Sea? First records from Greece through a citizen science project. BioInvasions Records, 8(4): 911–916.

Macali A., Tiralongo F. (2019). New record of Aplysia dactylomela Rang, 1828 from the Mediterranean Sea: first record from the east coast of Corsica. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 20(3): 645–656.

Giovos I., Kleitou P., Poursanidis D., Batjakas I., Bernardi G., Crocetta F., Doumpas N., Kalogirou S., Kampouris T.E., Keramidas I., Langeneck J., Maximiadi M., Mitsou E., Stoilas V.O., Tiralongo F., Romanidis-Kyriakidis G., Xentidis N.J., Zenetos A., Katsanevakis S. (2019). Citizen-science for monitoring marine invasions and stimulating public engagement: a case project from the eastern Mediterranean. Biological Invasions, 21: 3707–3721.

Tiralongo F., Pillon R. (2019). First record of Vanderhorstia mertensi Klausewitz, 1974 from Greek waters: the westernmost record from the Mediterranean Sea. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 20(3): 645–656.

Giovos I., Doumpas N., Loukovitis D., Naasan Agaspyridopoulou R., Romanidis-Kypiakidis G., Tiralongo F., Moutopoulos D.K. (2019). Elasmobranch fisheries and trade in North Aegean: Six months of systematic monitoring. Abstract al 23th Congress of the European Elasmobranch Association, Rende, 16–18 ottobre 2019.

Tiralongo F., Messina G., Lombardo B.M. (2019). Abundance trends and new records of coastal fish in Italian seas: contributions of underwater photography and local ecological knowledge. Abstract al 80th Congress of the Unione Zoologica Italiana, Roma, 23–26 settembre 2019.

Tiralongo F., Messina G., Ignoto S., Lombardo B.M. (2019). The role of rocky intertidal pools as nursery area for the giant goby, Gobius cobitis Pallas, 1814, in the Mediterranean Sea. Abstract al 80th Congress of the Unione Zoologica Italiana, Roma, 23–26 settembre 2019.

Salvaggio A., Tiralongo F., Krasakopoulou E., Marmara D., Giovos I., Crupi R., Messina G., Lombardo B.M., Marzullo A., Pecoraro R., Scalisi E.M., Copat C., Zuccarello P., Ferrante M., Brundo M.V. (2019). Biomarkers of exposure to chemical contamination in the commercial fish species Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788): a particular focus on plastic additives. Frontiers in Physiology, section Aquatic Physiology, 10: 905.

Mancini E., Tiralongo F., Ventura D., Bonifazi, A. (2019). Ophelia roscoffensis Augener, 1910: a new polychaeta in the Italian waters. Check List, 15(3): 489–495.

Tiralongo F., Crocetta F. (2019). The rare crab Paragalene longicrura in Eastern Sicily (Ionian Sea). In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 20(2): 409–426.

Tiralongo F., Russo F., Colombo M. (2019). From scuba diving to social networks: a curious association between two small fish species, Lepadogaster candolii Risso, 1810 and Parablennius rouxi (Cocco, 1833), and Muraena helena (Linnaeus, 1758) coming from citizen science. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 29, 100648.

Tiralongo F., Messina G., Brundo M.V., Lombardo B.M. (2019). The monitoring of non-indigenous fish species: potentiality and perception of the biological invasion by professional fishermen. Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 26(1): 263–266.

Tiralongo F., Lillo A.O., Tibullo D., Tondo E., Lo Martire C., D’Agnese R., Macali A., Mancini E., Giovos I., Coco S., Azzurro E. (2019). Monitoring uncommon and non-indigenous fishes in Italian waters: one year of results for the AlienFish project. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 28, 100606.

Fuochi V., Barbagallo I., Distefano A., Puglisi F., Palmeri R., Di Rosa M., Giallongo C., Longhitano L., Fontana P., Sferrazzo G., Tiralongo F., Raccuia S.A., Ronsisvalle S., Li Volti G., Furneri P.M., Tibullo D. (2019). Biological properties of Cakile maritina Scop. (Brassicaceae) extracts. European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences, 23: 2280–2292.

Tiralongo F., Doumpas N. (2019). First record of Sillago suezensis Golani, Fricke & Tikochinski, 2014 from Greece. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 20(1): 230–247.

Kampouris T.E., Tiralongo F., Batjakas I.E. (2019). First record of Didogobius schlieweni Miller, 1993 (Perciformes, Gobiidae) in Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Aqua International Journal of Ichthyology, 25(1): 13–16.

Macali A., Tiralongo F. (2019). A new record of Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) for the western Mediterranean Sea. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 20(1): 230–247.

Tiralongo F., Tirnetta S. (2018). On the presence of a well-established population of Symphodus melops (Linnaeus, 1758) in the central Mediterranean Sea with notes on its habitat and ecology. Acta Adriatica, 59(2): 219–224.

Mancini E., Tiralongo F., Ventura D., Bonifazi, A. (2019). Goniadella bobrezkii (Annenkova, 1929) (Annelida, Polychaeta): first record in the Italian waters. Check List, 15(1): 125–130.

Vecchioni L., Marrone F., Belaiba E., Tiralongo F., Bahri-Sfar L., Arculeo M. (2019). The DNA barcoding of Mediterranean combtooth blennies suggests the paraphyly of some taxa (Perciformes, Blenniidae). Journal of Fish Biology, 94(2): 339–344.

Giovos I., Stoilas V.O., Almabruk S.A.A., Doumpas N., Marakis P., Maximiadi M., Moutopoulos D.K., Kleitou P., Keramidas I., Tiralongo F., De Maddalena A. (2019). Integrating local ecological knowledge, citizen science and long-term historical data for endangered species conservation: Additional records of angel sharks (Chondrichthyes: Squatinidae) in the Mediterranean Sea. Aquatic Conservation, 29(6): 881–890.

Andreou V., Antoniou C., Kleitou P., Kletou D., Petrou A., Savva I., Crocetta F., Galil B., Shenkar N., Tiralongo F., Tsiamis K., Zenetos A. (2018). Non-indigenous species of the “Natura 2000” areas CY3000005 Cavo Greco and CY3000006 Nisia, south east coast of Cyprus. Republic of Cyprus, Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, 99 pp.

Tiralongo F., Messina G., Cazzolla Gatti R., Tibullo D., Lombardo B.M. (2018). Some biological aspects of juveniles of the rough ray, Raja radula Delaroche, 1809 in Eastern Sicily (central Mediterranean Sea). Journal of Sea Research, 142: 174–179.

Tiralongo F., Messina G., Lombardo B.M. (2018). Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838 (Pisces: Fistulariidae) in the southeastern coast of Sicily: history of a Lessepsian migrant, eight years after its first record. Abstract al 79th Congress of the Unione Zoologica Italiana, Lecce, 25–28 settembre 2018.

Azzurro E., Zannaki K., Andaloro F., Giardina F., Tiralongo F. (2018). First record of Ophioblennius atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836) in Italian waters, with considerations on effective NIS monitoring in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas. BioInvasions Records, 7(4): 437–440.

Kleitou P., Giovos I., Tiralongo F., Doumpas N., Bernardi G. (2018). Westernmost record of the diamondback puffer, Lagocephalus guentheri (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) in the Mediterranean Sea: First record from Greek waters. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 35(2): 576–579.

Tiralongo F., Lipari R., Mancini E. (2018). A new exotic fish for the Mediterranean Sea: Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775 (Perciformes: Chaetodontidae). Mediterranean Marine Science, 19(3): 491–493.

Kampouris T.E., Tiralongo F., Golemaj A., Giovos I., Doumpas N., Batjakas I.E. (2018). Penaeus aztecus Ives, 1891 (Decapoda, Dendrobranchiata, Penaeidae): On the range expansion in Sicilian waters and on the first record from Albanian coast. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies, 6(4): 468–471.

Tiralongo F., Tibullo D., Messina G., Lombardo B.M. (2018). New records of two carangid species from the south-east coast of Sicily (Ionian Sea) and considerations about their presence and abundance. Acta Adriatica, 59(2): 225–230.

Giovos I., Keramidas I., Antoniou C., Deidun A., Font T., Kleitou P., Lloret J., Matic-Skoko S., Said A., Tiralongo F., Moutopoulos D. (2018). Identifying recreational fisheries in the Mediterranean through Social Media. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 25(4): 287–295.

Macali A., Tiralongo F. (2018). On the occurrence of the sea walnut, Mnemiopsis leidy Agassiz, 1865, in the Fiora river (Italy). In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 19(2): 398–415.

Keramidas I., Doumpas N., Kleitou P., Tiralongo F., Bernardi G., Romanidis-Kyriakidis G., Marmara D., Kampouris T., Giovos I. (2018). Is it Alien to you? Share it!!!: Citizen scientists monitoring non-indigenous species in Greece. Abstract al 12th Panhellenic Symposium of Oceanography & Fisheries – Blue Growth of the Adriatic-Ionian Macroregion and Eastern Mediterranean, Corfu, Greece 30 May-3 June 2018.

Tiralongo F., Messina G., Lombardo B.M. (2018). Discards of elasmobranchs in a trammel net fishery targeting cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758, along the coast of Sicily (central Mediterranean Sea). Regional Studies in Marine Science, 20: 60–63.

Tiralongo F., Messina G., Coco S., Lombardo B.M. (2018). On the presence of a well-established population of Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790) in the central Mediterranean Sea. Annales, Series Historia Naturalis, 28(1): 31–34.

Giangrande A., Mancini E., Tiralongo F., Licciano M. (2018). Addition to the description of the sabellid polychaete Megalomma messapicum Giangrande & Licciano, 2007. The European Zoological Journal, 85(1): 55–63. DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2018.1437227.

Fuochi V., Li Volti G., Camiolo G., Tiralongo F., Giallongo C., Distefano A., Petronio Petronio G., Barbagallo I., Viola M., Furneri P.M., Di Rosa M., Avola R., Tibullo D. (2017). Antimicrobial and Anti-Proliferative Effects of Skin Mucus Derived from Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758). Marine Drugs, 15(11), 342. DOI: 10.3390/md15110342.

Macali A., Tiralongo F. (2017). New record of the skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758), in the Mediterranean Sea. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 18(3): 534–556.

Tiralongo F., Messina G., Lombardo B.M. (2017). The spread of Ocypode cursor (Linnaeus, 1758) (Decapoda, Ocypodidae), in the Central Mediterranean Sea. Abstract del 78th Congress of the Unione Zoologica Italiana, Torino, 18-23 settembre 2017.

Tiralongo F., Paladini De Mendoza F., Mancini E. (2017). On the establishment of Mesanthura (Isopoda: Anthuridae) in the northern Tyrrhenian Sea and notes about its ecology. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 18(3): 534–556.

Tiralongo F., Lombardo M.B. (2017). New Mediterranean records of Pachygrapsus maurus (Lucas, 1846). In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 18(1): 179–201.

Tiralongo F., Tirnetta S. (2017). New record of Siganus luridus (Rüppell, 1829) in Italian waters: first documented record in Calabrian Ionian Sea. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 18(1): 179–201.

Landi G., Bellini E., Mancini E., Gualtieri G., Benvenuti M., Tiralongo F. (2016). Lesioni post-mortali da fauna marina: case report. Abstract al IX Convegno Nazionale del Gruppo Italiano di Patologia Forense. Ferrara 20-22 ottobre 2016.

Tiralongo F. (2016). Ocypode cursor in Sicily: first record in the Ionian coast of Italy. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 17(3): 794–821.

Tiralongo F. (2016). New record of Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790) from italian waters (Adriatic Sea). In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 17(2): 608–626.

Tiralongo F., Mancini E. (2016). Alien crustaceans associated to Amathia verticillata (delle Chiaje, 1822): new Mediterranean records in Italian waters of Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836, Paracerceis sculpta (Holmes, 1904) and Paranthura japonica Richardson, 1909. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 17(2): 608–626.

Tiralongo F., Tibullo D., Brundo M.V., Paladini De Mendoza F., Melchiorri C., Marcelli M. (2016). Habitat preference of combtooth blennies (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Blenniidae) in very shallow waters of the Ionian Sea, South-Eastern Sicily, Italy. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 46(2): 65–75.

Tiralongo F. (2016). First Italian record of Charybdis (Charybdis) feriata (Linnaeus, 1758). In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 17(1): 230–252.

Tiralongo F., Tibullo D., Villani G., Mancini E., Baldacconi R., Brundo M. V., Marcelli M. (2016). Hypleurochilus bananensis (Poll, 1959) (Pisces, Blenniidae) in Italian seas: distribution, habitat preference and sexual dimorphism. Acta Adriatica, 57(1): 125–134.
Scanu S., Piazzolla D., Frattarelli-Manfredi F., Mancini E., Tiralongo F., Brundo M. V., Tibullo D., Pecoraro R., Copat C., Ferrante M., Marcelli M. (2016). Mercury Enrichment in Sediments of the Coastal Area of Northern Latium, Italy. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 96(5), 630–637.

Tiralongo F., Pagano A. (2015). On the presence of Gobius kolombatovici in the Ionian Sea, 687. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 16(3): 682–702.

Camiolo G., Puglisi F., Pecoraro R., D’Amante G., Droutsa A., Salvaggio A., Ferrante M., Brundo M. V., Tibullo D., Tiralongo F. (2015). Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in Parablennius sanguinolentus and related biomarkers of exposure. Frontiers in Marine Science. Abstract al XV European Congress of Ichthyology. doi: 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2015.03.00140.

Tiralongo F., Mancini E., Russo F., Rossi L. (2015). Lipophrys heuvelmansi Charousset, 1986 (Pisces Blenniidae): history and identity of a fish. Il Naturalista Siciliano 39(2): 97–103.

Piazzolla D., Scanu S., Frattarelli-Manfredi F., Mancini E., Tiralongo F., Brundo M. V., Tibullo D., Pecoraro R., Copat C., Ferrante M., Marcelli M. (2015). Trace-Metal Enrichment and Pollution in Coastal Sediments in the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 69(4): 470–481.

Salerno C., Tiralongo F. (2015). Le reti a strascico: 57-61. In: Due Mondi Sullo Stesso Mare. Marlin Club. Siracusa. Progetto approvato e finanziato dal Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali. pp: 96

Tiralongo F. (2015). Zonazione dell’ambiente marino costiero e biocenosi bentoniche: 87–91. In: Due Mondi Sullo Stesso Mare. Marlin Club. Siracusa. Progetto approvato e finanziato dal Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali. pp: 96

Tiralongo F. (2015). Comunità ittiche dell’ambiente marino costiero e specie aliene: 81–85. In: Due Mondi Sullo Stesso Mare. Marlin Club. Siracusa. Progetto approvato e finanziato dal Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali. pp: 96

Tiralongo F., Baldacconi R. (2015). First record of the Combtooth Blenny, Microlipophrys adriaticus (Steindachner & Kolombatovic, 1883) (Pisces, Blenniidae) for the Italian Ionian Sea. Check List, 11(3): article 1646.

Mazzei V., Longo S., Conte F., Pecoraro R., Salvaggio A., Tibullo D., Tiralongo F., Lombardo B. M., Brundo M. V. (2015). Effects of tributyltin and dibutyltin on sperm motility of Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mollusca: Mytilidae). Thalassas, 31(2): 31–37.

Tiralongo F. (2015). Blennidi delle acque italiane. IRECO. Italia, Roma. pp:145.ISBN 978-88-86253-45-1

Tiralongo F., Tibullo D. (2015). Growth and length-weight relationship in juvenile of bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, from the Mediterranean Sea, southeastern Sicily. In: New Fisheries related data from the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 16(1): 285–293.

Tiralongo F., Russo F. (2015). First record of Gaidropsarus granti (Regan, 1903), (Gadiformes: Lotidae), in the Ionian Sea. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 16(1): 266–284.

Scanu S., Soetebier S., Piazzolla D., Tiralongo F., Mancini E., Romano N., Marcelli M. (2015). Concentrations of As, Cd, Cr, Ni, and Pb in the echinoid Paracentrotus lividus on the coast of Civitavecchia, northern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 1: 7–17.

Tiralongo F., Gnisci V. (2014). The presence of Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) in marine waters: a record in Tyrrhenian Sea, 684. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 15(3): 675–695.

Cantarella S., Pappalardo H., Pecoraro R., Tiralongo F., Tibullo D., Puglisi F., Copat C., Ferrante M., Mazzei V., Salvaggio A., Basile F., Brundo M. V. (2014). Metallotioneine e heat shock proteins 70 come possibili indicatori di stress in Parablennius sanguinolentus (Blenniidae). Abstract al Volume: XX Congresso Nazionale S.I.P.I., pp. 49.

Tiralongo F., Villani G. (2014). New record of the rare combtooth blenny Hypleurochilus bananensis (Poll, 1959) (Pisces Blenniidae) for the Mediterranean Sea. Il Naturalista Siciliano, 38(1): 85–88.

Tiralongo F. (2014). Biodiversità Mediterranea: minacce in un mare che cambia. Quaderni, 3: 12–14.

Tiralongo F., Baldacconi R. (2014). A conspicuous population of the long-snouted Seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae), in a highly polluted Mediterranean coastal lagoon. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 44(2): 99–104.

Tiralongo F., Lefkaditou E. (2014). New records of Ommastrephes bartramii (Lesueur, 1821), (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae), in the Ionian Sea and considerations about its presence in the Central Mediterranean, 206–207. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 15(1): 198–212.

Tiralongo F., Tibullo D. (2014). Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789), (Pisces: Tetraodontidae), reaches the Italian Ionian Sea, 203–204. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 15(1): 198–212.

Tiralongo F., Baldacconi R. (2014). New Mediterranean record of the rare seaslug Thecacera pennigera (Montagu, 1815), (Nudibranchia, Polyceridae), 201–202. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 15(1): 198–212.

Tiralongo F., Baldacconi R. (2014). The spread of the Atlantic species Dyspanopeus sayi (Smith, 1869), (Brachyura, Panopeidae), in the Italian waters, 207–208. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 15(1): 198–212.

Tiralongo F., Tibullo D. (2013). First record of Pomadasys incisus (Bowdich, 1825), (Pisces: Haemulidae) for the Italian Ionian Sea and consideration about its fast spread, 474–475. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 14(2): 463–480.

Tiralongo F., Tibullo D., Baldacconi R. (2013). First record of Microlipophrys dalmatinus (Steindachner & Kolombatovic, 1883), (Pisces: Blenniidae) in the Ionian Sea, 472–473. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 14(2): 463–480.

Tiralongo F. (2013). Osservazioni sulla cattura di un giovane maschio di Squalo elefante, Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765), a Siracusa. Notiziario S.I.B.M. 63: 42–44.

Tiralongo F. (2012). Prima segnalazione di Bavosa crestata, Scartella cristata (Linneo, 1758), nelle acque ioniche d’ Italia. Notiziario S.I.B.M. 62: 65–68

Tiralongo F. (2012). Prima segnalazione di Bavosa africana, Parablennius pilicornis (Cuvier, 1829), nelle acque ioniche della Sicilia sud orientale, Avola (SR). Notiziario S.I.B.M. 62: 62–64.

Tiralongo F. (2012). Artisan fishing in the marine protected area of “Plemmirio” and in the coastal marine environment of Syracuse: analyses and yields. 2nd DJERBA International Mediterranean Environment Sustainability Conference 22 - 25 April 2012: 127–138.

Tiralongo F. (2008). L'Area Marina Protetta del "Plemmirio" (SR) Le attuali attività di pesca esercitate: la rete "sgammerrara” (Narcissus) – 45 pp.

Tiralongo F. (2010). Rendimenti qualitativi e quantitativi della pesca artigianale praticata nel borgo marinaro di Ognina di Siracusa (Narcissus) – 65 pp.