Review of monophyly of the Kyphosidae (sensu Nelson, 1994), inferred from the mitochondrial ND2 gene Naoki YagishitaTakanori KobayashiTetsuji Nakabo Pages: 103 - 108
Features of the reproductive ecology of the rock catfish Silurus lithophilus Masayoshi Maehata Pages: 109 - 113
A phylogeny of sparoid fishes (Perciformes, Percoidei) based on morphology Kent E. CarpenterG. David Johnson Pages: 114 - 127
Upeneus australiae, a new goatfish (Mullidae: Perciformes) from Australia Byung-Jik KimKazuhiro Nakaya Pages: 128 - 132
A new species: Gerres microphthalmus (Perciformes: Gerreidae) from Japan with notes on limited distribution, included in the “G. filamentosus complex” Yukio IwatsukiSeishi KimuraTetsuo Yoshino Pages: 133 - 139
Channa nox, a new channid fish lacking a pelvic fin from Guangxi, China Chun-Guang ZhangPrachya MusikasinthornKatsutoshi Watanabe Pages: 140 - 146
Phylogeography of a freshwater sculpin, Cottus nozawae, from the northeastern part of Honshu Island, Japan Ryota YokoyamaAkira Goto Pages: 147 - 155
Careproctus parvidiscus, a new species of liparid fish (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes) collected from the southern Okhotsk Sea, Japan Hisashi ImamuraTakahiro Nobetsu Pages: 156 - 158
Early ontogeny of Lophonectes gallus (Bothidae) from southeastern Australia Atsushi FukuiMiyuki SuzukiItsuro Uotani Pages: 159 - 164
Spawning activities and physical characteristics of the spawning ground of Lethenteron reissneri at the headstream of the Himekawa River, central Japan Mitsuhiro Takayama Pages: 165 - 170
Description and familial allocation of the African fluvial genus Teleogramma to the Cichlidae Tetsumi TakahashiKazuhiro Nakaya Pages: 171 - 180
A new subspecies, Polynemus melanochir dulcis, from Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia, and redescription of P. m. melanochir Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1831 with designation of a neotype Hiroyuki MotomuraMark H. Sabaj Pages: 181 - 190
Habitat association and depth distribution of two sympatric groupers of the genus Cephalopholis (Serranidae: Epinephelinae) Terry J. Donaldson Short Report Pages: 191 - 193
Mastigopterus imperator Smith and Radcliffe, 1913, a senior synonym of M. praetor Smith and Radcliffe, 1913 (Ophidiidae, Ophidiiformes) Yoshihiko MachidaJunsheng ZhongHanling Wu Short Report Pages: 194 - 197
Spawning grounds and nests of Trachidermus fasciatus (Cottidae) in the Kashima and Shiota estuaries system facing Ariake Bay, Japan Norio OnikuraNaohiko TakeshitaSeiro Kimura Short Report Pages: 198 - 201
Stereotyped sequence of mating behavior in the Far Eastern catfish, Silurus asotus, from Lake Biwa Masayoshi Maehata Short Report Pages: 202 - 205
Larval development of Pseudorhombus oculocirris and P. arsius (Pleuronectiformes, Paralichthyidae) from off southern Japan Shun-ichi UyedaKunio Sasaki Short Report Pages: 206 - 209