1. Monognathus berteli sp. nov. from the Indian Ocean (Pisces, Monognathidae)

   • Jørgen G. Nielsen
   • Karsten E. Hartel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 115

2. Genetic markers distinguishing between the two subspecies of the rosy bitterling,Rhodeus ocellatus (Cyprinidae)

   • Yoshikazu Nagata
   • Tadashi Tetsukawa
   • Ken-ichi Numachi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 124

3. Tactic for bower acquisition by male cichlids,Cyathopharynx furcifer, in Lake Tanganyika

   • Kenji Karino

   OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 132

4. Morphological aspects of feeding and improvement in feeding ability in early stage larvae of the milkfish,Chanos chanos

   • Hiroshi Kohno
   • Riza Ordonio-Aguilar
   • Yasuhiko Taki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 140

5. Ursinoscorpaenopsis kitai, a new genus and species of Scorpaenidae from the East China Sea

   • Tetsuji Nakabo
   • Umeyoshi Yamada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 145

6. Parabrosmolus novaeguineae, a new genus and species of the subfamily Brosmophycinae from Papua New Guinea (Bythitidae, Ophidiiformes)

   • Yoshihiko Machida

   OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 151

7. Transfer ofCentropyge multispinis (Teleostei; Pomacanthidae) from subgenusXiphypops to subgenusCentropyge

   • Hirokazu Kishimoto
   • Syozo Hioki
   • Katsumi Suzuki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 159

8. Two new species of the genusAmblyeleotris (Pisces: Gobiidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

   • Yoshimasa Aonuma
   • Tetsuo Yoshino

   OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 168

9. Seasonal variation in gonadal activity of females among four species of freshwater gobies in theRhinogobius brunneus species complex in Okinawa, Japan

   • Masaya Katoh

   Short Reports Pages: 169 - 174

10. Pelagocyclus vitiazi Lindberg & Legeza, 1955, a junior synonym ofAptocyclus ventricosus (Pallas, 1769) (Scorpaeniformes: Cyclopteridae)

    • Kaoru Kido
    • Gento Shinohara

    Short Reports Pages: 175 - 177

11. First record of the gobiid fish,Priolepis nocturna, from Japan

    • Nobuhiro Ohnishi
    • Akihisa Iwata
    • Wataru Hiramatsu

    Short Reports Pages: 178 - 181

12. First record of the carangid fish,Alepes djedaba (Forsskål) from Japanese waters

    • Yukio Iwatsuki
    • Seishi Kimura

    Short Reports Pages: 182 - 185

13. Fecundity of female angelfish,Centropyge ferrugatus independent of body size: field collection of spawned eggs

    • Yoichi Sakai

    Short Reports Pages: 186 - 189

14. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 191 - 192