Table 2 Number of mucus-secreting goblet cells in the digestive tract of the Gobiidae
| Numbers of goblet cells/tissue section |
S. geneionema | C. gulosus | T. obscrus | R. giurinus |
Esophagus | 42±26c | 1,292±95a | 994±154b | 920±17a |
Stomach | · | N.D. | N.D. | N.D. |
Anterior intestine | 197±28b | 873±126b | 310±57c | 641±107b |
Mid intestine | 271±48ab | 1,290±129a | 1,402±131a | 510±42bc |
Posterior intestine | 339±26a | 784±49bc | 405±135c | 397±101cd |
Rectum | 250±8ab | 446±51c | 368±41c | 287±55d |
Values are mean ±S.E. in same column superscripted with different letters are significantly different (P<0.05). “ ·” indicates stomachless