1. Foreword

   • Jennifer L. Nielsen

   Foreword Pages: 111 - 111

2. Dedication to Dr. Robert “Bob” Rush Miller

   • Dean A. Hendrickson
   • Steven M. Norris
   • Juan Jacobo Schmitter-Soto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 118

3. Conservation and status of the fish communities inhabiting the Río Conchos basin and middle Rio Grande, México and U.S.A.

   • Robert J. Edwards
   • Gary P. Garrett
   • Edie Marsh-Matthews

   OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 132

4. Morphophysiological studies on alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) larval development as a basis for their culture and repopulation of their natural habitats

   • R. Mendoza
   • C. Aguilera
   • R. Castro

   OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 142

5. An annotated distributional checklist of the freshwater fish from Baja California Sur, México

   • Gorgonio Ruiz-Campos
   • José Luis Castro-Aguirre
   • Sergio Sánchez-Gonzáles

   OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 155

6. Distribution, habitat and conservation status of desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius) in the Lower Colorado River Basin, Mexico

   • Alejandro Varela-Romero
   • Gorgonio Ruiz-Campos
   • Jorge Alaníz-García

   OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 165

7. Exploration of spatial and temporal patterns of fish diversity and composition in a tropical estuarine system of Mexico

   • Manuel Castillo-Rivera
   • José Alejandro Zavala-Hurtado
   • Rocío Zárate

   OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 177

8. Validation of a fish-based index of biotic integrity for streams and rivers of central Mexico

   • Norman Mercado-Silva
   • John D. Lyons
   • Martina Medina Nava

   OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 191

9. Molecular systematics of the genus Allodontichthys (Cyprinodontiformes: Goodeidae)

   • Shane A. Webb

   OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 205

10. Lake Pátzcuaro fishery management plan

    • Alma Araceli Orbe-Mendoza
    • Javier Acevedo-García
    • John Lyons

    OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 217

11. Fish biodiversity changes in the Lower Rio Grande/Rio Bravo, 1953–1996

    • Salvador Contreras-Balderas
    • Robert J. Edwards
    • María Elena García-Ramírez

    OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 240

12. Freshwater fish at risk or extinct in México

    • Salvador Contreras-Balderas
    • Patricia Almada-Villela
    • María García-Ramírez

    OriginalPaper Pages: 241 - 251

13. Speciation and anagenesis in the genus Cyprinella of Mexico (Teleostei: Cyprinidae): a case study of Model III allopatric speciation

    • Robert M. Wood
    • Richard L. Mayden

    OriginalPaper Pages: 253 - 271

14. Mexican native trouts: a review of their history and current systematic and conservation status

    • Dean A. Hendrickson
    • Héctor Espinosa Pérez
    • Francisco J. García de León

    OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 316

15. National fisheries chart 2000: a new instrument for fisheries management in inland waters

    • Porfirio Alvarez-Torres
    • Antonio Díaz-de-León-Corral
    • Enrique Bermúdez-Rodríguez

    OriginalPaper Pages: 317 - 326

16. Crevice spawning behavior in Dionda dichroma, with comments on the evolution of spawning modes in North American shiners (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

    • Richard L. Mayden
    • Andrew M. Simons

    OriginalPaper Pages: 327 - 337

17. Phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic ornate shiner, Cyprinella ornata, a species endemic to Mexico (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

    • Richard L. Mayden

    OriginalPaper Pages: 339 - 347