Complete mitochondrial genome of Korean catfish, Liobagrus somjinensis (Actinopterygii, Siluriformes, Amblycipitidae), from South Korea

Philjae Kim; Jeong-Ho Han; Seung Lak An

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1715870

Complete mitochondrial genome of Korean catfish, Liobagrus somjinensis (Actinopterygii, Siluriformes, Amblycipitidae), from South Korea

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jan 24;5(1):866-868. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1715870.

Authors

Philjae Kim¹, Jeong-Ho Han², Seung Lak An¹

Affiliations

¹ Research Division, National Science Museum, Daejeon, Korea.
² Water Environmental Management Department, Korea water Resources Corporation, Daejeon, Korea.

Abstract

The Korean catfish, Liobagrus somjinensis, was recorded in 2010 as a new species of genus Liobagrus. The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of L. somjinensis was sequenced by next-generation sequencing (NGS) analysis. The assembled mitogenome was 16,526 bp in length and encoded 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNAs, and 2 rRNAs. The gene arrangement, content, and total size were clearly identical with the congeneric species, L. mediadiposalis. Phylogenetic analysis based on nucleotide dataset, consisting PCGs and rRNA genes revealed the taxonomical relationship in species level among the genus Liobagrus.

Keywords: Korean catfish; Liobagrus somjinensis; mitochondrial complete genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) [2013M3A9A5047052 and 2017M3A9A48999].