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Doubtful records are listed as ‘?’. A total of 48 species, including nine dubious ones, are included in the list. Of the accepted records, 64% are established, of which 15.4% are invasive, 18% are casual and 18% are questionable. The most represented groups are molluscs (14 species), fish (13 species) and macrophytes (10 species). Six species are classified as invasive in Maltese waters: <i>Lophocladia lallemandii, Womersleyella setacea, Caulerpa racemosa</i> var. <i>cylindracea, Percnon gibbesi, Fistularia commersonii</i> and <i>Sphoeroides pachygaster</i>; impacts of some of these species on local ecosystems are discussed. Since the early 1900s, there has been an increasing trend in the number of alien marine species reported from the Maltese Islands. 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