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Expert Validation

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Frontiers in Marine Science | New and Recent Articles

Lessons learned from the “spot the alien” citizen science campaign (2022–2025) in Maltese waters and the second record of Cephalopholis hemistiktos in the Mediterranean

Citizen science offers a validated and increasingly crucial approach to monitoring marine ecosystems. This study evaluates the “Spot the Alien” campaign (2022–2025) conducted in Maltese waters, yielding 441 expert-validated records of non-indigenous, range-expanding, and cryptogenic species. Results demonstrate increased reporting effort and species richness, with notable seasonal and habitat-specific patterns. Significantly, the campaign documented the second Mediterranean record of *Cephalopholis hemistiktos*.