Fishes

Trends in the life-history styles of vertebrates: an introduction to the second ALHS volume.- Editorial.- Underwater observations of piranhas in western Brazil.- Invited reviews.- Alternative life-history styles of cartilaginous fishes in time and space.- Clupeoid life-history styles in variable environments.- Alternative life-history styles of some African cichlid fishes.- Alternative life-history styles of Japanese freshwater sculpins revisited.- Alternative reproductive styles in seabreams (Pisces: Sparidae).- Patterns of gonad structure in hermaphroditic gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae).

Beach-spawning fishes from exotic locations on most continents of the world provide spectacular examples of extreme adaptations during the most vulnerable life cycle stages. The beauty, intriguing biology, and importance of these charismatic fishes at the interface of marine and terrestrial ecosystems have inspired numerous scientific studies. Adaptations of behavior, physiology, development, and ecology are gathered together for the first time in this book.