2011 ISJ Meeting, Hirosaki, 29 September–2 October 2011

The 44th annual meeting of the Ichthyological Society of Japan (ISJ) will be held at the Bunkyo-cho Campus of Hirosaki University (http://www.hirosaki-u.ac.jp/index_e.html) in Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan, from 29 September to 2 October 2011. Following meetings of the board of editors and trustees on 29 September 2011, scientific sessions including oral and poster presentations will be held on 30 September and 1 October. One symposium entitled “Behavioral ecology of fishes: recent studies and future perspective” will be held on 2 October. Contact Yuji Sawara (Hirosaki University, e-mail: isj-nenkai2011@bunken.co.jp) for further information about the annual meeting. Detailed information will be provided on the ISJ homepage (http://www.fish-isj.jp/index-e.html).

Papers Published in Japanese Journal of Ichthyology

The following papers were published in Japanese Journal of Ichthyology Volume 58, Number 1 on 25 April 2011, and English abstracts are available on the ISJ website (http://www.fish-isj.jp/english/journal.html).

Volume 58, Number 1

Full Papers

Annual reproductive cycle of a wild population of oriental weather loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan. Atsuko Kimura and Yasunori Koya.

Longitudinal distribution of fishes in the Inohzawa River watershed, southern Izu Peninsula, Japan. Noriyuki Takai, Akifumi Kato, Masaomi Uekusa, Yuko Kimura, Keitaro Dairiki, Shiro Itoi, Haruo Sugita, and Kiyoshi Yoshihara.

First records of a lionfish, Pterois mombasae (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae), from Japan, and morphological comparisons with P. antennata. Mizuki Matsunuma and Hiroyuki Motomura.

Reproductive ecology and life cycle of the invasive alien bitterling Acheilognathus macropterus (Cyprinidae, Acheilognathinae) in Lake Kasumigaura, Japan. Tomiji Hagiwara.

Seasonal changes in fish assemblages in an area of hermatypic corals in Yokonami, Tosa Bay, Japan. Tomonori Hirata, Sosuke Oguri, Shiori Hirata, Hironobu Fukami, Yohei Nakamura, and Kosaku Yamaoka.

Introduction of the dark chub Zacco temminckii from the Yoshino River system into the Yamato River system via the Yoshino diversion (Yoshino Bunsui). Fumiko Ishii, Yukiko Anzai, Reika Ito, Naoto Koyama, and Tadao Kitagawa.

Short Reports

Ultrastructure of the surface morphology of eggs in the terrestrial spawning blenny, Andamia tetradactyla (Blennidae). Norio Shimizu, Masako Hara, Yoichi Sakai, Hiroaki Hashimoto, and Kenji Gushima.

Genetic composition of commercial strains of Oryzias latipes revealed by mtDNA analyses. Naoto Koyama, Tomohiro Mori, Koji Nakai, and Tadao Kitagawa.

First records of a silverside (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae), Hypoatherina temminckii, from Japan. Daichi Sasaki and Seishi Kimura.

First record of a deep-sea ophidiid fish, Bassozetus glutinosus, from Japan. Shinichi Tomiyama, Munehiro Takami, and Atsushi Fukui.