The occurrence of early larval stages of <it>Brama brama</it> and <it>Coryphaena hippurus</it> is reported for the first time in Adriatic waters. Two larvae of<it>B.brama</it> between 4.36 and 5.00 mm, and two larvae of<it>C.hippurus</it> between 4.75 and 4.95 mm standard length, were found in ichthyoplankton collections taken off the River Neretva estuary (4301′0″N, 17°25′0″E) and station Stoncica, island Vis (43°00′0″N, 16°20′″E) (eastern middle Adriatic), respectively. The capture of both species (<it>B.brama</it>) in August 1998; <it>C.hippurus</it> in May 1998) is in agreement with their proposed seasonal life cycle in the Adriatic Sea.
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Jakov Dulčić (1999) studied this question.