Fish biology in Japan: an anthology in honour of Hiroya Kawanabe (Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes, 18)

**`**The book is well edited and...it is not only useful to the Japanese fish biologists but is also a stimulating book to read for zoologists, fish biologists as well as aquatic ecologists.**'** **Aquatic Ecology, 33 (1999)** Front Matter....Pages 1-6 Prelude to the anthology in honour of Hiroya Kawanabe....Pages 7-8 Front Matter....Pages 9-10 The life and work of Hiroya Kawanabe: the priest ecologist....Pages 11-36 Lifetime list of publications by Hiroya Kawanabe....Pages 37-66 An interview with Hiroya Kawanabe....Pages 67-72 Front Matter....Pages 73-74 Research on fish ecology in Japan: a brief history and selected review....Pages 75-95 Distribution of the freshwater fishes of Japan: an historical overview....Pages 97-124 New aspects of sex change among reef fishes: recent studies in Japan....Pages 125-135 Front Matter....Pages 137-138 Evolution of freshwater eels of the genus Anguilla : a probable scenario....Pages 139-148 Genetic structure and differentiation of four Lethenteron taxa from the Far East, deduced from allozyme analysis....Pages 149-161 Osteology of Zacco pachycephalus , sensu Jordan & Evermann (1903), with special reference to its systematic position....Pages 163-171 A study of the systematics of cyprinid fishes by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis....Pages 173-179 Fertilization environment of the non-copulating marine sculpin, Hemilepidotus gilberti ....Pages 181-186 Comparison of laboratory-reared eggs, embryos and larvae of five labrid fishes....Pages 187-201 Life-history variations in the fluvial sculpin, Cottus nozawae (Cottidae), along the course of a small mountain stream....Pages 203-212 Spawning ecology of Japanese surf smelt, Hypomesus pretiosus japonicus (Osmeridae), in Otsuchi Bay, northeastern Japan....Pages 213-223 Timing and sites of parturition of the viviparous scorpionfish, Sebastiscus marmoratus ....Pages 225-229 Coexistence of permanently territorial cichlids of the genus Petrochromis through male-mating attack....Pages 231-242 Dyadic relationships in nesting males of the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus ....Pages 243-250 Sex determination system of the rosy bitterling, Rhodeus ocellatus ocellatus ....Pages 251-260 Reproductive success in female Neolamprologus mondabu (Cichlidae): influence of substrate types....Pages 261-269 Front Matter....Pages 137-138 Parental care and social organization of the spiny eel, Aethiomastacembelus platysoma , in Lake Tanganyika....Pages 271-280 Daily spawning and development of sensitivity to gonadotropin and maturation-inducing steroid in the oocytes of the bambooleaf wrasse, Pseudolabrus japonicus ....Pages 281-290 Effects of sandy substrate and light on hypermelanosis of the blind side in cultured Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus ....Pages 291-297 Growth of dark chub, Zacco temmincki (Cyprinidae), with a discussion of sexual size differences....Pages 299-303 Growth of dark chub, Zacco temmincki (Cyprinidae), with a discussion of sexual size differences....Pages 305-312 Analyses of growth processes of pond smelt, Hypomesus nipponensis , in Lake Ogawara, Japan, through the use of daily otolith increments....Pages 313-319 Starvation of drifting goby larvae due to retention of free embryos in upstream reaches....Pages 321-329 Feeding of a benthic goby in a river where nektonic fishes are absent....Pages 331-343 Competitive interactions for foraging microhabitat among introduced brook charr, Salvelinus fontinalis , and native bull charr, S. confluentus , and westslope cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi , in a Montana stream....Pages 345-355 Temporal variation in foraging group structure of a size-structured stream fish community....Pages 357-370 Food resources of shrimp-eating cichlid fishes in Lake Tanganyika....Pages 371-378 Feeding habits of largemouth bass in a non-native environment: the case of a small lake with bluegill in Japan....Pages 379-389 A new perspective on lakes: Kawanabe’s latest achievements....Pages 391-394 Back Matter....Pages 395-405 This volume is a collection of papers assembled to honor Hiroya Kawanabe, an eminent Japanese ecologist who studied fishes and other organisms. Kawanabe retired from his position as Professor at Kyoto University in March 1996. In the first section of the volume his career is highlighted by a biography describing his life and work, a bibliography of his more than 750 lifetime publications, and a personal interview with a colleague who has been close to his work throughout his career. Papers in the second section of the volume include invited reviews of research on fish ecology in Japan, a historical overview of freshwater fishes of Japan, and recent studies on sex change among reef fishes. The 24 papers in the third section of the volume by Japanese fish biologists and their collaborators cover a wide variety of topics on fish biology. These include papers on evolution, genetics, systematics, reproductive biology, early life history, life history variation, behavior, physiology, ecology, and zoogeography. These papers address fishes from lentic, lotic, and marine ecosystems in Japan, Asia, Africa, North America, and in some cases worldwide. One of Hiroya Kawanabe's most brilliant and lasting contributions was to foster collaboration between Japanese ecologists and other scientists. ` The book is well edited and...it is not only useful to the Japanese fish biologists but is also a stimulating book to read for zoologists, fish biologists as well as aquatic ecologists. ' Aquatic Ecology, 33 (1999)