1. The lateral line system and its innervation in Champsodon snyderi (Champsodontidae): distribution of approximately 1000 neuromasts

   • Masanori Nakae
   • Shinji Asai
   • Kunio Sasaki

   Full paper Pages: 209 - 215

2. Reproductive ecology of the striped bitterling Acheilognathus cyanostigma (Cyprinidae: Acheilognathinae)

   • Jyun-ichi Kitamura

   Full paper Pages: 216 - 222

3. Nematops nanosquama, a new species of righteye flounder (Pleuronectiformes: Poecilopsettidae) from off the Marquesas Islands

   • Kunio Amaoka
   • Toshio Kawai
   • Bernard Séret

   Full paper Pages: 223 - 227

4. A new marine goby of genus Callogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Taiwan

   • I-Shiung Chen
   • Jeng-Ping Chen
   • Lee-Shing Fang

   Full paper Pages: 228 - 232

5. Peripheral nervous system of the ocean sunfish Mola mola (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae)

   • Masanori Nakae
   • Kunio Sasaki

   Full paper Pages: 233 - 246

6. A new species of Rhinogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Hanjiang Basin in Guangdong Province, China

   • I-Shiung Chen
   • Lee-Shing Fang

   Full paper Pages: 247 - 253

7. Cranial morphology of Ateleopus japonicus (Ateleopodidae: Ateleopodiformes), with a discussion on metamorphic mouth migration and lampridiform affinities

   • Kunio Sasaki
   • Yoshimi Tanaka
   • Yohko Takata

   Full paper Pages: 254 - 263

8. A new righteye flounder, Poecilopsetta pectoralis (Pleuronectiformes: Poecilopsettidae), from New Caledonia

   • Toshio Kawai
   • Kunio Amaoka

   Full paper Pages: 264 - 268

9. Reproductive and sexual characteristics in five Lethrinus species in waters off the Ryukyu Islands

   • Akihiko Ebisawa

   Full paper Pages: 269 - 280

10. Age and growth of lanternfishes, Symbolophorus californiensis and Ceratoscopelus warmingii (Myctophidae), in the Kuroshio–Oyashio Transition Zone

    • Kaori Takagi
    • Akihiko Yatsu
    • Chiyuki Sassa

    Full paper Pages: 281 - 289

11. Himantura lobistoma, a new whipray (Rajiformes: Dasyatidae) from Borneo, with comments on the status of Dasyatis microphthalmus

    • B. Mabel Manjaji-Matsumoto
    • Peter R. Last

    Full paper Pages: 290 - 297

12. Evidence of density-independent mortality in a settling coral reef damselfish, Chromis viridis

    • David Lecchini
    • Yohei Nakamura
    • Makoto Tsuchiya

    Short report Pages: 298 - 300

13. Comparison of current-velocity tolerance among six stream gobies of the genus Rhinogobius

    • Sayaka Ito
    • Hidekazu Koike
    • Mikio Inoue

    Short report Pages: 301 - 305

14. Effects of long-term starvation on hepatocyte ultrastructure of olive flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

    • Jun Wook Hur
    • Jin Hee Jo
    • In-Seok Park

    Short report Pages: 306 - 310

15. Reproductive biology and morphology of eggs and larvae of Stiphodon percnopterygionus (Gobiidae: Sicydiinae) collected from Okinawa Island

    • Nozomi Yamasaki
    • Katsunori Tachihara

    Erratum Pages: 311 - 311