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Distribution patterns of fish predators of sea urchins (<i>Diplodus sargus sargus</i>, <i>Diplodus vulgaris</i>, <i>Coris julis</i> and <i>Thalassoma pavo</i>), sea urchins (<i>Paracentrotus lividus</i> and <i>Arbacia lixula</i>) and barrens, and fish predation rates upon sea urchins, were assessed in shallow (3-6 m depth) sublittoral rocky reefs in the northern, central and southern sectors of the eastern Adriatic Sea, i.e., on a large spatial scale of hundreds of kilometres. No dramatic differences were observed in predatory fish density across latitude, except for a lower density of small <i>D. sargus sargus</i> in the northern Adriatic and an increasing density of <i>T. pavo</i> from north to south. <i>P. lividus</i> did not show any significant difference across latitude, whereas <i>A. lixula</i> was more abundant in the southern than in the central Adriatic. 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