TABLE 1.

Lengths of epulos collected from brown surgeonfish, Eilat, Israel (Red Sea), June 1988^a

Cell length (μm)	No. of cells at time of collection (h)
	0700– 0800	1100– 1200	1400– 1500	2100– 2200	2400– 0100	0300– 0400
<50	23	1	0	6	18	30
50–101	56	34	11	42	80	78
102–154	31	44	35	28	19	10
155–207	8	31	35	26	2	2
208–261	1	10	33	6	1	0
262–314	1	0	6	6	0	0
315–367	0	0	0	6	0	0
Estimated mean	89	133	175	139	79	70

^a Data are from 60 haphazardly chosen cells from each of two fish per time period (n = 120 cells per time period). Modes for each time period are in bold print. Estimated mean lengths per time period were calculated by assuming that all cells in a category were the median length for that category (rounded to the nearest 5 μm).