Complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of black-fin stream jewel goby Stiphodon percnopterygionus (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from Taiwan

Tonisman Harefa; I-Shiung Chen

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2142070

Complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of black-fin stream jewel goby Stiphodon percnopterygionus (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from Taiwan

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Nov 11;7(11):1968-1970. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2142070. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Tonisman Harefa¹, I-Shiung Chen¹

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan, ROC.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of the black-fin stream jewel goby Stiphodon percnopterygionus has been amplified and sequenced. The whole mitochondrial genome is 16,502 base pairs (bp) in total length and consisting of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and 1 control region (CR). The overall base composition is 28.1% for A, 17.1% for G, 28.7% for C and 26.0% for T with AT comprising 54.1%. A phylogenetic tree was constructed using mitochondrial protein-coding genes (PCGs) sequence data for 34 related taxa of the order Gobiiformes showed that S. percnopterygionus is closely related to S. tuivi. These findings will contribute for phylogenetic, phylogeography and further genetic studies in genus Stiphodon and related gobiid fishes.

Keywords: Gobiidae; Mitogenome; Stiphodon percnopterygionus; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Forestry Bureau Fund, Agriculture Council, Taipei and also partial support from Yangmingshan National Park, Taipei, Taiwan. The authors are responsible for the content and writing of this paper.