Mitochondrial genomes of three specimens of Gadus chalcogrammus Pallas 1,814 from Korea and Japan were completely analyzed by the primer walking method. They were 16,570~16,571 bp in length, each comprising 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, and 22 transfer RNA genes. Their gene orders were identical to those of conspecific specimens, but exhibited unique haplotypes. In the phylogenetic tree, the juvenile Korean and adult Japanese specimens were separated from the dominant clade composed of specimens from Japan, Korea, the Bering Sea, and the Arctic, including the adult Korean specimen.

• Chung Il Lee(Department of Marine Bioscience, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung 25457, Korea)
• Hae Kun Jung(East Sea Fisheries Research Institute, National Institute of Fisheries Science, Gangneung 25407, Korea)
• Hae-Kyun Yoo(East Sea Fisheries Research Institute, National Institute of Fisheries Science, Gangneung 25407, Korea)
• Hyun-Woo Kim(Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea)
• Hyun Je Park(Department of Marine Bioscience, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung 25457, Korea)
• Chang-Keun Kang(School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea)
• Jeong Hee Shim(East Sea Fisheries Research Institute, National Institute of Fisheries Science, Gangneung 25407, Korea)
• Keun-Yong Kim(AquaGenTech Co., Ltd., Busan 48300, Korea)
• Joo Myun Park(Dokdo Research Center, East Sea Research Institute, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Uljin 36315, Korea)
• Moongeun Yoon(National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea, Seocheon 33662, Korea) Corresponding author