First Northwest Pacific Record of the Apogonid Fish, Pristiapogon taeniopterus (Actinopteri: Kurtiformes) from Minamidaito Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
First Specimen-based Japanese Records of the Barred Queenfish Scomberoides tala (Teleostei: Carangidae) from Miyazaki and Okinawa Prefectures, Southern Japan
Redescription of Icelus rastrinoides Taranetz in Schmidt, 1935, a Senior Synonym of Ricuzenius toyamensis Matsubara and Iwai, 1951, with Notes on Geographic Variations (Teleostei: Cottidae)
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Taxonomic Reassessment of Albula (Albuliformes: Albulidae) from Japan and Adjacent Waters with Reliable Records of Albula argentea, A. koreana and A. oligolepis from Japan
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The color plates by artists Trinh van Nam and Phan Hay in Manning's 'Stomatopod Crustacea of Vietnam: The Legacy of Raoul Serene' are really spectacular. I had seen a few of these before, but I did not realize how many of my favorite pods are illustrated.
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Two New Species of Spheroid Ectoparasitic Isopods (Epicaridea: Dajidae) Attached to the Antennules of Brachyuran Crab Hosts, with Description of a New Genus and Species of Hyperparasite (Epicaridea: Cryptoniscoidea)
First Japanese Records of Sardinella albella (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Clupeidae) from Okinawa Island, with a Key to Japanese Species of Sardinella
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Basking shark ontogeny needs a lot more study. Of particular interest to me is the beak-like snout shape in really young individuals, which so far has only been documented in a single paper. This is a juvenile caught in Japan in 1977.
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