1. Comparison of competitive ability between native and introduced salmonids: evidence from pairwise contests

   • Koh Hasegawa
   • Toshiaki Yamamoto
   • Koji Maekawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 194

2. Interspecific variation of body shape and sexual dimorphism in three coexisting species of the genus Petrotilapia (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi

   • Daud Kassam
   • Shinji Mizoiri
   • Kosaku Yamaoka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 201

3. Phylogenetic relationships of the stromateoid fishes (Perciformes)

   • Ryu Doiuchi
   • Tomoyasu Sato
   • Tetsuji Nakabo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 202 - 212

4. Morphological and functional development of characters associated with settlement in the yellowfin goby, Acanthogobius flavimanus

   • Kouki Kanou
   • Hiroshi Kohno
   • Mitsuhiko Sano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 213 - 221

5. Genetic and geographical differentiation of Pandaka gobies in Japan

   • Takahiko Mukai
   • Toshiyuki Suzuki
   • Mutsumi Nishida

   OriginalPaper Pages: 222 - 227

6. A new species of amblycipitid catfish, Xiurenbagrus gigas (Teleostei: Siluriformes), from Guangxi, China

   • Yahui Zhao
   • Jiahu Lan
   • Chunguang Zhang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 228 - 232

7. Instream distributions and feeding habits of two species of sleeper, Eleotris acanthopoma and Eleotris fusca, in the Teima River, Okinawa Island

   • Ken Maeda
   • Katsunori Tachihara

   OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 240

8. Allozyme divergence between two groups of the Japanese spinous loach, Cobitis takatsuensis

   • Takaaki Shimizu
   • Yuzuru Suzawa
   • Harumi Sakai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 241 - 247

9. Hemitriakis complicofasciata, a new whitefin topeshark (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae) from Japan

   • Masafumi Takahashi
   • Kazuhiro Nakaya

   OriginalPaper Pages: 248 - 255

10. The occurrence of two species of Macroramphosus (Gasterosteiformes: Macroramphosidae) in Japan: morphological and ecological observations on larvae, juveniles, and adults

    • Eiko Miyazaki
    • Kunio Sasaki
    • Shinji Uehara

    OriginalPaper Pages: 256 - 262

11. Testicular structure and spawning cycle in the silvery croaker, Otolithes ruber (Perciformes: Sciaenidae) in the Kuwaiti waters of the Arabian Gulf

    • Stephen Dadzie
    • Fadwa Abou-Seedo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 263 - 268

12. Mitochondrial genomes and phylogeny of the ocean sunfishes (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae)

    • Yusuke Yamanoue
    • Masaki Miya
    • Mutsumi Nishida

    OriginalPaper Pages: 269 - 273

13. The karyology of the cyprinid genera Scardinius and Rutilus in southern Europe

    • Pier Giorgio Bianco
    • Gennaro Aprea
    • Gaetano Odierna

    OriginalPaper Pages: 274 - 278

14. Larvae of Arnoglossus elongatus (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae) from northwestern Australia

    • Atsushi Fukui
    • Takao Tsuchiya
    • Sachiko Tsuji

    OriginalPaper Pages: 279 - 282

15. Behavioral response to familiar and unfamiliar neighbors in a territorial cichlid, Neolamprologus pulcher

    • Polly Frostman
    • Peter T. Sherman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 283 - 285