1. Phylogenetic analysis of Cyprichromini (Perciformes: Cichlidae) endemic to Lake Tanganyika and validation of the genus Paracyprichromis

   • Tetsumi Takahashi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 4

2. A new species of Sebastes (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) from the Pacific coast of southern Japan

   • Yoshiaki Kai
   • Tetsuji Nakabo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 9

3. Adrianichthys roseni and Oryzias nebulosus, two new ricefishes (Atherinomorpha: Beloniformes: Adrianichthyidae) from Lake Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia

   • Lynne R. Parenti
   • Bambang Soeroto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 10 - 19

4. Two new species of Kyphosus (Kyphosidae) and a taxonomic review of Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède from the Indo-Pacific

   • Keiichi Sakai
   • Tetsuji Nakabo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 20 - 32

5. Functional anatomy of the luring apparatus of the deep-sea ceratioid anglerfish Cryptopsaras couesii (Lophiiformes: Ceratiidae)

   • Mitsuomi Shimazaki
   • Kazuhiro Nakaya

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 37

6. Comparison between community structures of fishes in Enhalus acoroides- and Thalassia hemprichii-dominated seagrass beds on fringing coral reefs in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

   • Yohei Nakamura
   • Mitsuhiko Sano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 38 - 45

7. Larval development of Achoerodus viridis (Pisces: Labridae), the Australian eastern blue groper

   • Jeffrey M. Leis
   • Amanda C. Hay

   OriginalPaper Pages: 46 - 51

8. Monthly changes in the swim bladder morphology of the female Japanese eel Anguilla japonica in the coastal waters of Mikawa Bay, Japan

   • Yoshiaki Yamada
   • Akihiro Okamura
   • Hideo P. Oka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 52 - 56

9. A new species of Soleichthys (Soleidae: Pleuronectiformes) from tropical seas off northern Australia

   • Nathan Muchhala
   • Thomas A. Munroe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 62

10. Larval development and food habits of the marbled parrotfish, Leptoscarus vaigiensis, associated with drifting algae

    • Itaru Ohta
    • Katsunori Tachihara

    OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 69

11. Kuhlia boninensis (Fowler, 1907), a junior synonym of Kuhlia munda (De Vis, 1884) (Perciformes: Kuhliidae)

    • Mitsuaki Sato
    • Harumi Sakai
    • Morizumi Nakamura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 70 - 72

12. Paraheminodus kochiensis Kamohara, 1957 (Teleostei: Peristediidae), a junior synonym of Paraheminodus murrayi (GÜnther, 1880), with a comparison of Paraheminodus murrayi and Paraheminodus laticephalus (Kamohara, 1952)

    • Toshio Kawai
    • Hisashi Imamura
    • Kazuhiro Nakaya

    OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 76

13. A new type of exterilium larva referable to Leptobrotula (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae) from tropical Indo-West Pacific

    • Muneo Okiyama
    • Motoomi Yamaguchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 80

14. New records of sexual dimorphisms among the Pleuronectiformes exhibited by differences in urogenital papilla structure of Citharichthys platophrys (Paralichthyidae: Pleuronectiformes)

    • Koichi Hoshino
    • Kunio Amaoka
    • Thomas A. Munroe

    OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 83

15. Lycenchelys melanostomias Toyoshima, 1983, a senior synonym of L. brevimaxillaris Toyoshima, 1985 (Teleostei: Zoarcidae)

    • Hisashi Imamura
    • Yoshihiko Machida
    • Suguru Ohta

    OriginalPaper Pages: 84 - 88