Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Müfit ÖZULUĞ, Istanbul University,Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Istanbul, Turkiye
E-mail: mozulu@istanbul.edu.tr

Co-Editor-in-Chief
Assoc. Prof. Gülşah SAÇ, Istanbul University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Istanbul, Türkiye
E-mail: gulsah.sac@istanbul.edu.tr

Editorial Management Board Member
Prof. Dr. Özkan ÖZDEN, Istanbul University, Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, Istanbul, Turkiye
E-mail: ozden@istanbul.edu.tr

Ethics Editor
Prof.Dr. Ebru GÜREL GÜREVİN,  İstanbul University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, İstanbul, Türkiye
E-mail: egurel@istanbul.edu.tr

Editorial Assistant

Res. Assist. Harun İNCİ, İstanbul Üniversitesi, Faculty of Science, Istanbul, Turkiye

E-mail: haruninci@istanbul.edu.tr

Publicity Manager

Özgün Deniz YÜREKLİ, Istanbul University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, İstanbul, Türkiye,

E-mail: ozgundenizy@ogr.iu.edu.tr

Language Editor

Elizabeth Mary EARL, Istanbul University, School of Foreign Languages, Istanbul, Turkiye

E-mail: elizabeth.earl@istanbul.edu.tr

Dr. Jörg FREYHOF, Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany
E-mail: joerg.freyhof@mfn.berlin


Associate Prof. Dr. Oya ÖZULUĞ, Istanbul University, Science Faculty, Department of Biology, Istanbul, Turkiye
E-mail: oozulu@istanbul.edu.tr


Prof. Dr. Hamid Reza ESMAEILI, Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Lab., Zoology Section, Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
E-mail: hresmaeili@shirazu.ac.ir


Prof. Dr. Murat TOSUNOĞLU, Çanakkale 18 Mart University, Science Faculty, Department of Biology, Canakkale, Turkiye
E-mail: mtosun@comu.edu.tr


Associate Prof. Dr. Petar SHURULINKOV, National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, Sofia, Bulgaria
E-mail: p.shurulinkov@gmail.com


Prof. Dr. Lütfiye ERYILMAZ, Istanbul University, Science Faculty, Department of Biology, Istanbul, Turkiye
E-mail: lutmazer@istanbul.edu.tr


Prof. Dr. Mustafa SÖZEN, Bülent Ecevit University, Science Faculty, Department of Biology, Zonguldak, Turkiye
E-mail: spalaxtr@hotmail.com


Associate Prof. Dr. Gana GECHEVA, Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski”, Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
E-mail: ggecheva@mail.bg


Prof. Dr. Tamer ÖZCAN, Istanbul University, Science Faculty, Department of Biology, Istanbul, Turkiye
E-mail: tameroz@istanbul.edu.tr


Dr. Max KASPAREK, Heidelberg, Germany
E-mail: Kasparek@t-online.de


Prof. Dr. Alireza SARI, Zoological Museum, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
E-mail: sari@ut.ac.ir


Prof. Dr. Zeynel ARSLANGÜNDOĞDU, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Faculty of Forest, Department Department of Forestry Engineering, Istanbul, Turkiye
E-mail: zeynel@istanbul.edu.tr


Assistant Prof. Dr. Fatih DİKMEN, Istanbul University, Science Faculty, Department of Biology, Istanbul, Turkiye
E-mail: fatih.dikmen@istanbul.edu.tr


Dr. Tulio F. VILLALOBOS-GUERRERO, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Unidad Chetumal, Av. Centenario Km. 5.5. C.P. 77014, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
E-mail: tulio1786@msn.com


Dr. Stamatis ZOGARIS, Hellenic Centre for Marıne Research - HCMR, Institute of Marine Biological Sciences and Inland Waters - IMBRIW, Anavissos, Attiki, Greece
E-mail: zogaris@hcmr.gr