1. An incomplete history of the study of the ecology of marine fishes 2. The diversity and life history patterns of marine fishes 3. Methods for estimating the occurrence and abundance of marine fishes 4. Spatial and temporal patterns in the distribution of fishes 5. Modelling fish species richness and abundance 6. Fish movements 7. Trophic ecology of fishes 8. The role of fish in marine food webs 9. Fish growth patterns and relationships with environmental variables 10. Modelling fish growth 11. Reproduction of marine fishes 12. Early life stages of marine fishes 13. Fish nurseries 14. Behaviour of marine fishes 15. Fish populations' connectivity: methods, patterns and applications 16. Genetic structure of marine fish populations 17. Methodological tools to the study of marine fish communities 18. Main typologies of marine fish communities 19. Functional diversity in marine fish assemblages 20. Quantifying human pressures affecting marine fishes 21. Effects of pollutants in marine fishes 22. Fisheries impacts on marine fish populations 23. Climate change impacts on marine fish populations and communities 24. Fish as indicators 25. Conservation of marine fish 26. Marine Protected Areas as a tool for fish conservation 27. Restoration of fish habitats, populations and communities 28. Future perspectives in the study of fish ecology