Resolution of the taxonomic status of Chilean and Californian jack mackerels using mitochondrial DNA sequence

Abstract

Phylogeographic reconstructions using mitochondrial DNA sequences from both the control region and the cytochrome b gene demonstrated that two disjunct populations be recognized as Trachurus murphyi and Trachurus symmetricus. The species have been isolated for at least 250 000 years. © 2004 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.