Evidence of trilobed testes in European sardine (Sardina pilchardus) Author Caballero-Huertas, Marta Author Frigola-Tepe, Xènia Author Viñas, Jordi Author Muñoz, Marta text Cybium 2022 46 1 29 32 http://dx.doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2022-461-004 journal article 292146 10.26028/cybium/2022-461-004 e5a04a43-2e84-4ed8-b580-200be8f936ac 2101-0315 10834668

Table I. – Description of the five individuals of European pilchard (Sardina pilchardus) with three-lobed testes analysed. Location (Geographical Subarea (GSA)) and date of capture of the specimens, condition indexes (GSI and Kn), and brief description of morphometric and reproductive traits. Total length (TL ± 0.1 cm); total weight (TW ± 0.01 g); eviscerated weight (EW ± 0.01 g); gonad weight (GW ± 0.0001 g); gonadosomatic index (GSI); Le Cren condition factor (Kn).

GSA	Capture date	Sex	Reproductive phase	TL (cm)	TW (g)	EW (g)	GW (g)	Condition GSI	indexes Kn
Northern Spain (6)	5 Feb 2020	Male	Developing	15.1	22.7	20.7	0.4942	2.39	0.92
Northern Spain (6)	6 Mar 2020	Male	Actively spawning	13.9	19.4	17.5	0.3669	2.10	1.04
Northern Adriatic Sea (17)	14 Feb 2020	Male	Actively spawning	13.7	18.2	16	0.4917	3.07	1.02
Northern Adriatic Sea (17)	19 Dec 2019	Male	Actively spawning	13.8	17.8	15.9	0.5000	3.14	0.97
Aegean Sea (22)	16 Nov 2019	Male	Developing	15.0	27.5	24.5	1.3020	5.31	1.14