1. Disappearance of a spring cohort in a population of the dragonet,Repomucenus valenciennei, with spring and autumn spawning peaks in Tokyo Bay, Japan

   • Kou Ikejima
   • Makoto Shimizu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 331 - 339

2. Reproductive and sexual characteristics in the Pacific yellowtail emperor,Lethrinus atkinsoni, in waters off the Ryukyu Islands

   • Akihiko Ebisawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 341 - 358

3. A new batfish,Coelophrys bradburyae (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from Japan, with comments on the evolutionary relationships of the genus

   • Hiromitsu Endo
   • Gento Shinohara

   OriginalPaper Pages: 359 - 365

4. Periophthalmus spilotus, a new species of mudskipper from Sumatra (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae)

   • Edward O. Murdy
   • Toru Takita

   OriginalPaper Pages: 367 - 370

5. Citharichthys gnathus, a new species of paralichthyid flounder (Teleostei: Pleuronectiformes) from the Galapagos Islands, eastern pacific Ocean

   • Koichi Hoshino
   • Kunio Amaoka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 371 - 375

6. Redescriptions ofGerres baconensis (Evermann & Seale, 1907),G. equulus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 andG. oyena (Forsskål, 1775), included in the “G. oyena complex”, with notes on other related species (Perciformes: Gerreidae)

   • Yukio Iwatsuki
   • Seishi Kimura
   • Tetsuo Yoshino

   OriginalPaper Pages: 377 - 395

7. Fossil bagrid catfishes from Japan and their zoogeography, with description of a new species,Pseudobagrus ikiensis

   • Katsutoshi Watanabe
   • Teruya Uyeno

   OriginalPaper Pages: 397 - 412

8. Larval development of the Indo-Pacific perciform fish,Centrogenys vaigiensis (Pisces: Centrogeniidae)

   • Jeffrey M. Leis
   • Thomas Trnski

   OriginalPaper Pages: 413 - 418

9. Sand-transfer behavior outside the nest by guarding parents of the Tanganyikan cichlid,Neolamprologus caudopunctatus

   • Haruki Ochi
   • Yasunobu Yanagisawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 419 - 422

10. Improved photographic technique for enhancing the morphological resolution of small juvenile fishes

    • Ji-Yun Lee
    • Hee-Seok Kweon
    • Eun-Ho Park

    OriginalPaper Pages: 423 - 425

11. Sex ratio in the dragonet,Repomucenus valenciennei

    • Kou Ikejima
    • Makoto Shimizu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 426 - 428

12. Spawning substrate selection by female longnose filefish,Oxymonacanthus longirostris

    • Tomoyuki Kokita
    • Akinobu Nakazono

    OriginalPaper Pages: 429 - 432

13. Proceedings

    Announcement Pages: 433 - 436

14. Erratum

    • Astarloa J. M. D.

    Erratum Pages: 436 - 436

15. Information on fishes welcomed toIchthyological Research

    Editorial Notes & Annoucements Pages: 436 - 441