Characterization of the mitochondrial complete genome of Korean indigenous catfish, Liobagrus hyeongsanensis (Siluriformes: Amblycipitidae)

Philjae Kim; Hyeongsu Kim; Suhwan Kim

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1947917

Characterization of the mitochondrial complete genome of Korean indigenous catfish, Liobagrus hyeongsanensis (Siluriformes: Amblycipitidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jul 19;6(8):2383-2384. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1947917. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Philjae Kim¹, Hyeongsu Kim², Suhwan Kim¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Ecological Conservation, Bureau of Ecological Research, National Institute of Ecology, Choongnam, Korea.
² Advanced aquaculture research center, National Institute of Fisheries Science, Korea.

Abstract

Liobagrus hyeongsanensis, Korean indigenous catfish, was reported as a new species in 2015. The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of L. hyeongsanensis was sequenced by next-generation sequencing (NGS) analysis. The mitochondrial genome was assembled with 16,529 bp in length and encoded 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNAs, two rRNAs, and one control region (D-loop). Also, the gene structures such as gene order and content were totally identical with the congeneric species. Molecular phylogenetic analysis determined the taxonomical position of L. hyeongsanensis in species level among the genus Liobagrus.

Keywords: Korean indigenous catfish; Liobagrus hyeongsanensis; mitochondrial genome; molecular phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Ecology (NIE), funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea [NIE-A-2021-09].