Table 4.

Particle sizes of intestinal contents presented as the percent of total contents for each of the proximal, mid, and distal intestine of Panaque nigrolineatus

Region of intestine	<250 μm	250–350 μm	351–700 μm	701–1,000 μm	1,001–1,500 μm	≥1,501 μm
Proximal	44.59 ± 4.97	10.73 ± 0.69	18.10 ± 1.76	9.26 ± 1.19	8.76 ± 1.58	8.56 ± 1.47
Mid	25.42 ± 3.37	13.47 ± 1.75	24.20 ± 2.69	10.17 ± 2.63	13.23 ± 1.50	13.51 ± 1.93
Distal	23.82 ± 2.64	8.56 ± 0.93	30.06 ± 3.51	10.21 ± 1.04	13.09 ± 2.23	14.25 ± 3.90

Values are mean ± SEM. N = 6 for proximal and mid-intestine, N = 7 for distal intestine