Complete mitochondrial genome of the vulnerable malabar pufferfish Carinotetraodon travancoricus (Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae)

Bingjian Liu; Kehua Zhu; Yifan Liu; Lihua Jiang; Zhenming Lü; Liqin Liu; Weinan Zhang; Zhu Liu; Wen Duan; Li Gong

doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1511843

Complete mitochondrial genome of the vulnerable malabar pufferfish Carinotetraodon travancoricus (Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2018 Oct 26;3(2):1023-1024. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1511843.

Authors

Bingjian Liu^{1

2

3}, Kehua Zhu^{1

3}, Yifan Liu^{1

3}, Lihua Jiang^{1

3}, Zhenming Lü^{1

3}, Liqin Liu^{1

3}, Weinan Zhang^{1

3}, Zhu Liu^{1

3}, Wen Duan^{1

3}, Li Gong^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ National Engineering Laboratory of Marine Germplasm Resources Exploration and Utilization, Zhejiang Ocean University, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhoushan, China.
² Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Scienceand Technology, Qingdao, China.
³ National Engineering Research Center for Facilitated Marine Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, China.

Abstract

Carinotetraodon travancoricus was classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List due to habitat loss and overharvesting for the aquarium trade. To gain its molecular information and thus contribute to help in conserving this vulnerable species, we determined the complete mitochondrial DNA of the C. travancoricus. The size of the molecule is 16,542 nucleotides, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, a putative control region, and 1 origin of replication on the light-strand. The overall base composition includes C(28.8%), A(28.5%), T(27.1%), and G(15.6%). Moreover, the 13 PCGs encode 3800 amino acids in total. The result of the phylogenetic tree supports C. octofasciatus has a closest relationship with Tetraodon nigroviridis.

Keywords: Carinotetraodon travancoricus; mitogenome; phylogenetic tree.