1. Ontogenetic evidence supporting a relationship between Brotulotaenia and Lamprogrammus (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) based on the morphology of exterilium and rubaniform larvae

   • Michael P. Fahay
   • JØrgen G. Nielsen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 209 - 220

2. The Leiognathus aureus complex (Perciformes: Leiognathidae) with the description of a new species

   • Seishi Kimura
   • Paul V. Dunlap
   • Celia R. Lavilla-Pitogo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 232

3. Cocotropus keramaensis, a new species of the family Aploactinidae (Teleostei) from the Kerama Islands, southern Japan

   • Hisashi Imamura
   • Gento Shinohara

   OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 238

4. Molecular phylogenetic perspective on speciation in the genus Sebastes (Scorpaenidae) from the Northwest Pacific and the position of Sebastes within the subfamily Sebastinae

   • Yoshiaki Kai
   • Kouji Nakayama
   • Tetsuji Nakabo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 244

5. Guanine-type retinal tapetum in the eye of the Pacific pomfret Brama japonica (Perciformes: Bramidae)

   • Shiro Takei
   • Osamu Momose
   • Hiroaki Somiya

   OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 250

6. Further description and notes of natural history of the viper dogfish, Trigonognathus kabeyai from the Kumano-nada Sea and the Ogasawara Islands, Japan (Chondrichthyes: Etmopteridae)

   • Kazunari Yano
   • Kenji Mochizuki
   • Kiyoshi Suzuki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 258

7. Redefinition and phylogenetic relationships of the family Pinguipedidae (Teleostei: Perciformes)

   • Hisashi Imamura
   • Keiichi Matsuura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 269

8. Trichiurus nickolensis, a new hairtail from Australia belonging to the Trichiurus russelli complex (Perciformes: Trichiuridae)

   • Andi Iqbal Burhanuddin
   • Yukio Iwatsuki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 270 - 275

9. A new sculpin, Microcottus matuaensis, from the central Kuril Archipelago (Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae)

   • Mamoru Yabe
   • Theodore W. Pietsch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 276 - 280

10. Protogynous sex change in the haremic triggerfish Sufflamen chrysopterus (Tetraodontiformes)

    • Gousuke Takamoto
    • Satoko Seki
    • Tetsuo Kuwamura

    Short Report Pages: 281 - 283

11. Preliminary examination on lapillus utility for otolith increment analysis in Malawian cyprinid Engraulicypris sardella

    • Shinsuke Morioka
    • Emmanuel Kaunda

    Short Report Pages: 284 - 287

12. Redescription of Neoscombrops cynodon (Regan, 1921), a senior synonym of Neoscombrops annectens Gilchrist, 1922 (Perciformes: Acropomatidae)

    • Yusuke Yamanoue
    • Keiichi Matsuura

    Short Report Pages: 288 - 292

13. Genetic comparison of two color-morphs of Apogon properuptus from southern Japan

    • Kohji Mabuchi
    • Noboru Okuda
    • Mutsumi Nishida

    Short Report Pages: 293 - 296