Complete mitochondrial genome of scorpionfish Scorpaena neglecta (Actinopterygii)

Maheshkumar Prakash Patil; Jong-Oh Kim; Yong Bae Seo; Jiyoung Shin; Ji-Young Yang; Gun-Do Kim

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2100292

Complete mitochondrial genome of scorpionfish Scorpaena neglecta (Actinopterygii)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Jul 28;7(7):1375-1376. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2100292. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Maheshkumar Prakash Patil¹, Jong-Oh Kim^{2

3}, Yong Bae Seo⁴, Jiyoung Shin⁵, Ji-Young Yang⁶, Gun-Do Kim^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Industry-University Cooperation Foundation, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Microbiology, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
³ School of Marine and Fisheries Life Science, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Research Institute for Basic Science, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
⁵ Institute of Food Science, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
⁶ Department of Food Science and Technology, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

Scorpaena neglecta (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843) is a marine fish, in the family Scorpaenidae, order Scorpaeniformes, class Actinopterygii of the phylum Chordata. The first species of Scorpaena with a complete mitochondrial genome is described in the present study. The circular mitochondrial genome of S. neglecta has 17,202 bp with 54.75% A + T content and encodes 37 genes, including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA (tRNA), and two ribosomal RNA (rRNA). The phylogenetic tree indicates S. neglecta clustered into one branch and is closely related to other Scorpaenidae species. The mitochondrial genome structure and gene content of S. neglecta will support the study of evolution and phylogenetic relationships among Scorpaenidae species.

Keywords: Scorpaena neglecta; Scorpaenidae; Scorpaeniformes; mitochondrial genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This research was part of the project titled ‘Development of Discrimination Method and On-site Kit for Geographical Origin of Fishery Product [Project No. 20200425], funded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Republic of Korea.