Reproductive biology of the bigeye thresher shark,Alopias superciliosus (Lowe, 1839) (Chondrichthyes: Alopiidae), in the northwestern Pacific Che-Tsung ChenKwang-Ming LiuYung-Chou Chang OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 235
The early life history of kurosoi,Sebastes schlegeli (Scorpaenidae), in the Sea of Japan Toru NagasawaKazuko Domon OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 248
Iksookimia yongdokensis, a new cobitid fish (Pisces: Cobitidae) from Korea with a key to the species ofIksookimia Ik-Soo KimJong-Young Park OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 256
Embryonic, larval and juvenile development of the roughskin sculpin,Trachidermus fasciatus (Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae) Naohiko TakeshitaNorio OnikuraSeirô Kimura OriginalPaper Pages: 257 - 266
Why is grouper larval rearing difficult?: an approach from the development of the feeding apparatus in early stage larvae of the grouper,Epinephelus coioides Hiroshi KohnoRiza S. Ordonio-AguilarYasuhiko Taki OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 274
Osteological development in the Japanese sardine,Sardinops melanostictus Masanobu Matsuoka OriginalPaper Pages: 275 - 295
First record of the dottybackPseudochromis striatus from Japan Koichi ShibukawaAkihisa Iwata OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 301
Ag-NOR variation in chromosomes of Chinese bitterlings,Rhodeus lighti andTanakia himantegus (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) Takayoshi UedaNobutaka MashikoHanling Wu OriginalPaper Pages: 302 - 305
Monogramous mating and conventional sex roles inHippichthys penicillus (Syngnathidae) under laboratory conditions Satoshi WatanabeYoshiro WatanabeMuneo Okiyama OriginalPaper Pages: 306 - 310
Resurrection of two East African species ofJohnius (Perciformes, Sciaenidae) Kunio Sasaki OriginalPaper Pages: 311 - 315
Positional relationship between the ovary and intestine inGirella mezina (Perciformes, Girellidae) Masaru KandaKosaku Yamaoka OriginalPaper Pages: 316 - 318