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Table 4. Testicular characteristics as affected by the substitution rate of fish meal with cricket meal.

Characteristics		Experimental diets (substitution rate)
Characteristics		T0 (00%)	T1 (15%)	T2 (30%)	T3 (45%)
Weight	Left	1.32 ± 0.01^a	0.72 ± 0.49^a	1.15 ± 0.40^a	0.89 ± 0.73^a
	Right	1.36 ± 0.17^a	0.72 ± 0.50^a	1.02 ± 0.32^a	0.98 ± 0.81^a
	Total	2.69 ± 0.16^a	1.44 ± 0.99^a	2.17 ± 0.71^a	1.88 ± 1.54^a
Testicular left/right ratio		0.98 ± 0.12^a	1.01 ± 0.13^a	1.12 ± 0.12^a	0.96 ± 0.10^a
Gonadosomatic index		1.38 ± 0.16^a	0.81 ± 0.62^a	1.08 ± 0.46^a	0.83 ± 0.69^a
Height	Left	22.47 ± 0.19^a	17.86 ± 4.64^a	22.22 ± 1.96^a	19.30 ± 9.83^a
	Right	22.40 ± 2.07^a	17.47 ± 3.41^a	20.39 ± 2.90^a	18.30 ± 9.77^a
	Average	22.44 ± 1.13^a	17.67 ± 4.02^a	21.31 ± 2.43^a	18.8 ± 9.8^a
Diameter	Left	12.49 ± 1.62^a	9.52 ± 1.76^a	12.12 ± 1.63^a	11.66 ± 6.18^a
	Right	12.64 ± 1.35^a	10.03 ± 1.28^a	12.31 ± 1.13^a	12.92 ± 6.81^a
	Average	12.57 ± 1.49^a	9.78 ± 1.52^a	12.22 ± 1.38^a	12.29 ± 6.50^a
Shape index	Left	0.55 ± 0.07^a	0.54 ± 0.05^a	0.55 ± 0.05^a	0.59 ± 0.04^a
	Right	0.57 ± 0.11^a	0.58 ç± 0.10^a	0.61 ± 0.13^a	0.70 ± 0.06^a
	Average	0.56 ± 0.09^a	0.56 ± 0.07^a	0.58 ± 0.09^a	0.65 ± 0.05^a

^{a, b:}

in the same line, values with the same superscript are not significantly different (p > 0.05).