Prelude.- A generation apart.- Life and bibliography.- Vadim Dimitrievitch Vladykov: life of an ichthyologist.- Bibliography of Vadim D. Vladykov: scientific publications and manuscript reports 1923–1988,.- Full papers.- The urogenital papilla in the Holarctic lamprey (Petromyzontidae).- Metamorphosis of the mountain brook lamprey Ichthyomyzon greeleyi.- Identification of lamprey larvae of the genus Ichihyomyzon (Petromyzontidae).- Revision of Yunnanilus with descriptions of a miniature species flock and six new species from China (Cypriniformes: Homaloptcridae).- Taxonomic status of the extinct Banff longnose dace, Rhinichthys cataractae smithi, of Banff National Park, Alberta.- Aphanius vladykovi, a new species of tooth-carp from the Zagros Mountains of Iran (Osteichthyes: Cyprinodontidac).- Brief communications.- Lampetra (Eudontomyzon) gracilis, a synonym of Eudontomyzon danfordi.- Shark attacks in the rivers of southern Iran.- Thermoregulatory activity in the Tecopa pupfish, Cyprinodon nevadensis amargosae, an inhabitant of a thermal spring.- Essay.- The need for conservation and management of Philippine coral reefs.- Book critique.- European lampreys update.- Epilogue.- The last meeting.- Species and subject index.