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. 2024 Oct 25;9(10):1455-1459.
doi: 10.1080/23802359.2024.2420845. eCollection 2024.

The complete mitochondrial genome of Chilean Jack Mackerel, Trachurus murphyi Nichols, 1920 (Teleostei, Carangidae)

Cynthia M Asorey  1 , María Angélica Larraín  1   2 , Cristian Araneda  1   3
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Chilean Jack Mackerel, Trachurus murphyi Nichols, 1920 (Teleostei, Carangidae)

Cynthia M Asorey et al. Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. .

Abstract

The Chilean jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi, Nichols, 1920) is a pelagic fish of high fishery interest, with a global capture of 828,358 mt in 2021. We report the complete mitochondrial genome of T. murphyi (Teleostei, Carangidae), collected in Bahia de Zapallar, Chile (32°33'02.59'' S, 71°27'55.38'' W). The size of the mitogenome is 16,561 bp (H-strand composition: 25.9% A, 16.7% C, 29.8% G, and 27.5% T). The mitogenome has the classic vertebrate gene content of 13 protein-coding, two rRNA, and 22 tRNA genes, as found in Carangidae and other Teleostei families. Phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial genomes of 22 related species revealed that T. murphyi formed a well-supported monophyletic group with the other Trachurus species, being T. simmetricus its closest relative. Sequencing the mitochondrial genome from T. murphyi is the first step in developing traceability tools based on DNA analysis to enforce fishing quotas and trace the processed food and foodstuff containing Chilean jack mackerel following the objective of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO).

Keywords: Carangiformes; Chile; Pelagic Fishes; South Pacific; Teleostei.

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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Representative photograph of a specimen of Chilean jack mackerel, Trachurus murphyi (photo credit: Cristian Araneda).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Mitochondrial genome map of Trachurus murphyi. Genes oriented in the reverse direction are indicated in the outermost concentric ring and genes in the forward orientation are in the second outermost ring. The innermost rings of the image represent %GC per every 5 bp of the mitogenome; longer lines indicate higher %GC.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic reconstruction based on the complete mitochondrial genome (substitution model = GTR, bootstrap = 1000, proportion of invariable sites = estimated, gamma distribution parameter = estimate, optimize = Topology/lenght/rate). The complete mitogenome from five representatives of other Trachurus species were used: T. murphy (PP533446, this study), T. lathami (OP057107.2, unpublished), T. japonicus (NC002813.1, Mabuchi et al. 2007), T. trachurus (NC006818.1, Takashima et al. 2006), T. symmetricus (NC082545.1, unpublished). Representatives from other Carangidae genera were used as outgroups: Decapterus macarellus (NC026718.1, Zou et al. 2016), Carangoides equula (NC025644.1, Zou and Li 2015), Pseudocaranx dentex (NC058961.1, Li et al. 2021), Selar boops (NC060760.1, unpublished), Megalapsis cordyla (NC025565.1, Li et al. 2016), Caranx crysos (NC057648.1, unpublished), Gnathanodon speciosus (NC054367.1, unpublished), Atule mate (NC026222.1, Li et al. b), Alepes djedaba (NC037049.1, unpublished), Selaroides leptolepis (NC029184, unpublished), Alectis ciliaris (NC025566.1, Li et al. 2016), Turrum fulvoguttatum (NC082849.1, unpublished), Uraspis secunda (NC029488.1, -(Ma et al. 2017), Naucrates ductor (NC083043.1, unpublished), Seriola lalandi (NC016869.1, Iguchi et al. 2012), Elagatis bipinnulata-NC029880.1, -(Ma et al. 2017), Trachinotus ovatus (NC022707.1, Xie et al. 2015), Scomberoides lysan (NC063497.1, unpublished).
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