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. 2013 Aug 19;8(8):e71164. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071164

Table 2. Proportional stomach contents (mean ± SE) of Cyprinodon pupfishes from San Salvador Island, Bahamas.

Cyprinodon sp. ‘bulldog’ C. sp. ‘durophage’ C. sp. ‘normal’
CP LL CP LL CP LL
Item n = 25 n = 28 n = 32 n = 28 n = 22 n = 41
scales .51±.06 .40±.06 .001±.00 .01±.01 .001±.00 .001±.00
whole fish - - - - - .08±.04
macroalgae .10±.06 .02±.01 .03±.03 .05±.02 .13±.06 .20±.05
plant matter .00004±.0 .003±.00 .05±.02 .01±.01 .09±.04 .05±.03
gastropod .10±.06 .01±.00 .10±.04 .22±.06 .01±.01 .04±.02
bivalve - - - .0004±.00 - .02±.01
ostracoda - .004±.00 .30±0.05 .04±.03 0.001±.00 .0003±.00
amphipoda - - - - .0005±.00 .01±.01
odonata - - - - - .02±.02
arthropoda (unidentified) .0003±.00 .01±.00 .02±.01 - .005±.005 .002±.00
polychaeta - .03±.01 - .0002±.00 .05±.04 .04±.01
detritus .29±.05 .49±.06 .50±.06 .57±.08 .71±.08 .34±.05
silt/shells - .02±.01 - .10±.04 - .20±.05

CP = Crescent Pond population; LL = Little Lake population. Major food items are bold-faced for each species in each population (ignoring detrital content). Individuals with empty stomachs were excluded (n = 22).