Species identification of two sympatric hakes by allozymic markers

Abstract

Samples were collected from hake species Merluccius australis and M. hubbsi in the south west Atlantic Ocean. Enzyme electrophoretic analysis of the eye, liver and muscle revealed 5 out of 33 genetic loci with species-specific allelic frequencies. These five loci provide a set of genetic markers for individual classification.

Keywords

• identification
• allozymes
• hake
• merluccius australis
• m. hubbsi
• southwest atlantic ocean