The complete mitochondrial genome of the Pink dentex Dentex gibbosus (Perciformes: Sparidae)

Celestina Mascolo; Marina Ceruso; Giuseppe Palma; Aniello Anastasio; Tiziana Pepe; Paolo Sordino

doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1467230

The complete mitochondrial genome of the Pink dentex Dentex gibbosus (Perciformes: Sparidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2018 Apr 26;3(2):525-526. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1467230.

Authors

Celestina Mascolo¹, Marina Ceruso¹, Giuseppe Palma², Aniello Anastasio¹, Tiziana Pepe¹, Paolo Sordino³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
² Assoittica Italia, Rome, Italy.
³ Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy.

Abstract

The Pink dentex (Dentex gibbosus, Rafinesque 1810) is one of the most commercially important Sparidae species and it is often subjected to fraud. Here, we report the complete mitochondrial genome of D. gibbosus. The mitogenome is 16,771 bp in length and contained 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and 2 non-coding regions. The overall base composition of D. gibbosus mtDNA is: 27.8% for A, 28.60% for C, 16.5% for G, 27.05% for T.

Keywords: Dentex gibbosus; Perciformes; Sparidae; mitogenomics.