The complete mitogenome of Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855) in Hainan Island and its phylogenetic status

Congqiang Luo; Peng Chen; Jibin Zhu; Zemin Ma

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2040390

The complete mitogenome of Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855) in Hainan Island and its phylogenetic status

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Feb 20;7(2):396-398. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2040390. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Congqiang Luo¹, Peng Chen², Jibin Zhu³, Zemin Ma¹

Affiliations

¹ Changde Research Center for Agricultural Biomacromolecule, Hunan University of Arts and Science, Changde, China.
² Changde Win-win Environmental Consul Ting Service Co. LTD, Changde, China.
³ Changde Municipal Waterworks Co. LTD, Changde, China.

Abstract

The sharpbelly, Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855) is a small cyprinid fish that has a wide distribution in East Asia. In this study, we characterized the complete mitochondrial genome of H. leucisculus in Hainan Island using Illumina MiSeq platform. The mitogenome contained 16,621 bp with AT content of 56.2%. The mitogenome of H. leucisculus comprised 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and one control region (D-loop). Phylogenetic analyses indicated that H. leucisculus in the Hainan Island formed independent lineage and the species of H. leucisculus might be a paraphyletic taxon.

Keywords: Hemiculter leucisculus; mitogenome; phylogeny.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Department of Education General program [19C1257], Changde Research Center for Agricultural Biomacromolecule Open Project fund [2020AB08], and Changde scientific and technological innovation Special funds [2020G178] and [2020S006].