Complete mitochondrial genomes of two rockfish: Sebastes maliger and Sebastes norvegicus (Scorpaenidae, Scorpaeniformes)

Jillian R Campbell; Peter C Searle; Andrea L Kokkonen; Dennis K Shiozawa; Mark C Belk; R Paul Evans

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2116951

Complete mitochondrial genomes of two rockfish: Sebastes maliger and Sebastes norvegicus (Scorpaenidae, Scorpaeniformes)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Sep 7;7(9):1614-1616. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2116951. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Jillian R Campbell¹, Peter C Searle¹, Andrea L Kokkonen^{2

3}, Dennis K Shiozawa^{1

3}, Mark C Belk¹, R Paul Evans²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
² Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
³ Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.

Abstract

We report the complete mitochondrial genomes of two rockfish: Sebastes maliger and Sebastes norvegicus. The mitogenomes consist of 13 protein-coding regions, 22 tRNAs, two rRNAs, and one control region. Sebastes mitogenome control regions are highly variable due to the presence of repeat sequences. The mitogenomes for S. maliger and S. norvegicus are 16,403 and 16,401 bp, respectively. Using these two mitogenomes and 25 additional Sebastes mitogenomes from GenBank, we examine the phylogenetic relationships in Sebastes. Sebastes maliger is sister to a clade including S. rubrivinctus, S. nigrocinctus, S. umbrosus, and S. oculatus, while S. norvegicus is sister to S. fasciatus.

Keywords: Sebastes maliger; Sebastes norvegicus; mitogenome; rockfish.

Grants and funding

This study was supported through funds by DKS from the Department of Biology and Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, MCB from the Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, and RPE from the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University.