The complete mitochondrial genome sequence and phylogenetic analysis for Inimicus japonicus (Scorpaeniformes: Synanceiidae)

Hyo-Won Kim; Jung-Hyun Kim; Jae Hoon Kim; Min-Hwan Jeong; Seung-Cheol Ji; Moo-Sang Kim; Jeong-In Myeong; Dae-Jung Kim

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1800424

The complete mitochondrial genome sequence and phylogenetic analysis for Inimicus japonicus (Scorpaeniformes: Synanceiidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Aug 7;5(3):3141-3142. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1800424.

Authors

Hyo-Won Kim¹, Jung-Hyun Kim¹, Jae Hoon Kim¹, Min-Hwan Jeong¹, Seung-Cheol Ji¹, Moo-Sang Kim², Jeong-In Myeong¹, Dae-Jung Kim¹

Affiliations

¹ Jeju Fisheries Research Institute, National Institute of Fisheries Science, Jeju, Republic of Korea.
² MOAGEN, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the Inimicus japonicus was analyzed by next-generation sequencing in this study. The mitogenome is 16,978 base pairs (bp) long and codes for 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 ribosomal RNA genes (rRNA), and 1 non-coding control region. The overall nucleotide composition of the mitogenome is: 29.61% for A, 29.16% for T, 25.26% for C, and 15.97% for G. Twenty-two tRNAs range from 67 to 74 bp in length, and 2 rRNA (12S and 16S) were 953 and 1,687 bp long, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis by neighbor-joining (NJ) method indicated that I. japonicus showed considerable genetic similarity (82%), and had a closer relationship in the phylogenetic tree to Synanceia verrucosa.

Keywords: Inimicus japonicasd devil stinger; Mitogenome; next-generation sequencing (NGS).

Grants and funding

This study was supported by the National Institute of Fisheries Science of Korea under grant [R2020018].