Figure 2 in Evidence of trilobed testes in European sardine (Sardina pilchardus)

Figure 2. – Three-lobed testes of three specimens of Sardina pilchardus. A: Testicular lobes from a male specimen (15.0 cm TL) captured in the Aegean Sea (GSA 22); B: Testicular lobes from a male specimen (15.1 cm TL) captured off the Northern Spanish Coast (GSA 6); C: Testicular lobes from a male specimen (13.7 cm TL) captured in the Northern Adriatic Sea (GSA 17). Ventral (V) and dorsal (D) sides of each testicle/subunit are indicated; D, E, F: Histological view of the testicular tissue of the individual from the Northern Adriatic Sea (13.7 cm TL). Figures D and E correspond to the main lobes, and F to the subunit of smaller size.