1. Spawning site of the fluvial eight-barbel loach, Lefua sp., in the natural environment

   • Shigeru Aoyama
   • Toshio Doi

   Full paper Pages: 107 - 112

2. Dolichopteryx minuscula, a new species of spookfish (Argentinoidei: Opisthoproctidae) from the Indo-West Pacific

   • Atsushi Fukui
   • Yasuyuki Kitagawa

   Full paper Pages: 113 - 120

3. Sinocyclocheilus donglanensis, a new cavefish (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from Guangxi, China

   • Yahui Zhao
   • Katsutoshi Watanabe
   • Chunguang Zhang

   Full paper Pages: 121 - 128

4. Diel and tidal changes in the distribution and feeding habits of Japanese temperate bass Lateolabrax japonicus juveniles in the surf zone of Ariake Bay

   • Manabu Hibino
   • Taro Ohta
   • Masaru Tanaka

   Full paper Pages: 129 - 136

5. A new species of scabbardfish, Evoxymetopon macrophthalmus (Scombroidei: Trichiuridae), from Okinawa, Japan

   • Anirban Chakraborty
   • Tetsuo Yoshino
   • Yukio Iwatsuki

   Full paper Pages: 137 - 142

6. Otolith features and growth of Malawian characid Hemigrammopetersius barnardi from the southwestern coast of Lake Malawi

   • Shinsuke Morioka
   • Seiji Matsumoto
   • Emannuel Kaunda

   Full paper Pages: 143 - 147

7. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of snakeheads (Perciformes: Channidae) using mitochondrial DNA sequences

   • Xia Li
   • Prachya Musikasinthorn
   • Yoshinori Kumazawa

   Full paper Pages: 148 - 159

8. Early development of the endangered freshwater goby, Rhinogobius sp. BI (Gobiidae)

   • Ken-ichi Yokoi
   • Kazumi Hosoya

   Full paper Pages: 160 - 165

9. Age, growth, and reproductive biology of the Waigieu seaperch Psammoperca waigiensis (Perciformes: Latidae) around Okinawa Island, Japan

   • Tamaki Shimose
   • Katsunori Tachihara

   Full paper Pages: 166 - 171

10. Ericandersonia sagamia, a new genus and species of deep-water eelpouts (Perciformes: Zoarcidae) from Japan

    • Gento Shinohara
    • Hiroshi Sakurai

    Full paper Pages: 172 - 178

11. Lunar-synchronized reproductive activity in the pencil-streaked rabbitfish Siganus doliatus in the Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia

    • Yong Ju Park
    • Akihiro Takemura
    • Young Don Lee

    Short report Pages: 179 - 181

12. Responses of immature male masu salmon parr to the urine of mature males

    • Hidenobu Yambe
    • Miho Yamada
    • Fumio Yamazaki

    Short report Pages: 182 - 184

13. Genetic differentiation between two color morphs of Gerres erythrourus (Perciformes: Gerreidae) from the Indo-Pacific region

    • Anirban Chakraborty
    • M.N. Venugopal
    • Yukio Iwatsuki

    Short report Pages: 185 - 188

14. Descriptive morphology of yolk sac larval Solenostomus paradoxus collected from Libong Island, Trang, southern Thailand

    • Tetsuya Sado
    • Seishi Kimura

    Short report Pages: 189 - 191

15. Remarkable ophidiid larva (Neobythitinae) from New Guinean waters

    • Sergei A. Evseenko
    • Muneo Okiyama

    Short report Pages: 192 - 196

16. Gerres infasciatus (Perciformes: Gerreidae) from the Indian Ocean

    • Takako Fukuhara
    • Anirban Chakraborty
    • Yukio Iwatsuki

    News and comments Pages: 197 - 199

17. Rouleina attrita (Osmeriformes: Alepocephalidae): new records for the eastern North Pacific and Bering Sea

    • Christopher P. Kenaley
    • James W. Orr

    News and comments Pages: 200 - 202

18. Book review of “Tsukiji: the fish market at the center of the world”

    • Paul V. Dunlap

    Book review Pages: 203 - 204