Complete mitochondrial genome of the Amur sculpin Cottus szanaga (Cottoidei: Cottidae)

Evgeniy S Balakirev; Pavel A Saveliev; Francisco J Ayala

doi:10.1080/23802359.2016.1233470

Complete mitochondrial genome of the Amur sculpin Cottus szanaga (Cottoidei: Cottidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2016 Oct 3;1(1):737-738. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1233470.

Authors

Evgeniy S Balakirev^{1

2

3}, Pavel A Saveliev², Francisco J Ayala¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
² A. V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Science, Vladivostok, Russia.
³ Far Eastern Federal University, School of Natural Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome was sequenced in two individuals of the Amur sculpin Cottus szanaga. The genome sequences are 16,518 bp in size, and the gene arrangement, composition, and size are very similar to the other sculpin genomes published previously. The low level of sequence divergence detected between the genome of C. szanaga and the GenBank complete mitochondrial genome of the Cherskii's sculpin Cottus czerskii (KJ956027) may likely be due to recent divergence, historical hybridization, or presence of a new unrecognized taxonomic unit close to C. szanaga but erroneously identified as C. czerskii.

Keywords: Amur sculpin Cottus szanaga; Cherskii's sculpin Cottus czerskii; cottidae.