The complete mitochondrial genome of Menticirrhus littoralis (Sciaenidae, Perciformes) and its phylogeny

Adrianne Freitas; Jeferson Carneiro; Aurycéia Guimarães-Costa; Horacio Schneider; Iracilda Sampaio

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1772681

The complete mitochondrial genome of Menticirrhus littoralis (Sciaenidae, Perciformes) and its phylogeny

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jun 2;5(3):2286-2287. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1772681. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Adrianne Freitas¹, Jeferson Carneiro^{1

2}, Aurycéia Guimarães-Costa², Horacio Schneider^{1

2}, Iracilda Sampaio^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Genomics and Systems Biology Center, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil.
² Institute of Coastal Studies, Universidade Federal do Pará, Bragança, Brazil.

Abstract

We describe the mitochondrial genome of the Menticirrhus littoralis and infer the phylogenetic position of Menticirrhus in the family Sciaenidae. The genome contains 16,499 base pairs distributed in gene regions (13 protein-coding regions, 2 rRNAs and 22 tRNAs) and a control region (CR). Our phylogenetic analysis suggests, with strong statistical support, that Menticirrhus is a sister group of the other sciaenids.

Keywords: M. littoralis; Perciformes; fish; mtDNA; phylogeny.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by funds provided by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq (Grants No. 306041/2017-0).