Eight papers are presented: (1) Distinguishing features forseparating protolarvae of three species of esocids; (2)Description of larval pirate perch, Aphredoderus sayanus(Gilliams), from the Savannah River; (3) Larval development ofthe cypress darter Etheostoma proeliare; (4) Larvae and juvenilesof Cottus ricei and sympatric Cottidae; (5) Larvae of themanacled sculpin, Synchirus gilli (Cottidae); (6) Larvae andjuveniles of aurora rockfish, Sebastes aurora, from offCalifornia and Baja California; (7) Descriptive characteristicsof reared Sebastes caurinus and S. auriculatus larvae; and (8)The larval development of Schedophilus medusophagus Cocco 1839(Teleostei, Perciformes).

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