Table 1.
Mean (±s.e.) percentage cover of food items ingested by cleaning gobies Elacatinus evelynae at six Caribbean islands.
| island | n | parasites (gnathiids and caligids) | scales | mucus | other prey items (copepods and ostracods) | unidentifiable material |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbados | 15 | 24.3±4.5 | 15.2±2.3 | 5.0±2.3 | 4.3±1.2 | 51.2±5.6 |
| Curacao | 17 | 14.3±3.9 | 12.5±3.7 | 2.8±1.2 | 5.6±2.3 | 64.8±3.2 |
| Jamaica | 13 | 5.2±3.4 | 28.2±1.2 | 3.9±1.8 | 14.3±3.9 | 48.4±2.1 |
| Puerto Rico | 13 | 62.3±5.4 | 2.0±1.3 | 0.3±0.1 | 0 | 35.4±5.2 |
| Tobago | 12 | 12.3±1.2 | 10.2±1.9 | 4.0±3.7 | 7.3±1.8 | 66.2±3.4 |
| St John | 13 | 34.7±6.3 | 2.5±2.1 | 0.5±0.3 | 0.4±1.2 | 61.9±6.5 |