Complete mitogenome of two dolphinfishes (Coryphaena hippurus and Coryphaena equiselis) from South China sea

Lei Xu; Xuehui Wang; Hong Li; Feiyan Du

doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1516120

Complete mitogenome of two dolphinfishes (Coryphaena hippurus and Coryphaena equiselis) from South China sea

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2018 Sep 22;3(2):1098-1099. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1516120.

Authors

Lei Xu^{1

2}, Xuehui Wang^{1

2}, Hong Li^{1

2}, Feiyan Du^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
² Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou, China.

Abstract

The Coryphaenidae family comprises of single genus, Coryphaena, which includes two species: Coryphaena hippurus and Coryphaena equiselis. In this study, we described the complete mitochondrial genome of the two species in Coryphaena. The assembled mitogenome of C. hippurus and C. equiselis consists of 16731 bp and 16690 bp, respectively. Two mitogenomes contain the typical gene complement including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and a non-coding D-loop. The longest protein-coding genes of these species was ND5, whereas the shortest ATP8. The length of D-loop is 1168 bp (C. hippurus) and 1206 bp (C. equiselis).

Keywords: Coryphaena; Mitochondrial genome; South China Sea.