The complete mitochondrial genome of threadfin butterflyfish, Chaetodon auriga (Chaetodontiformes: Chaetodontidae) and phylogenetic analysis

Maheshkumar Prakash Patil; Jong-Oh Kim; Yu-Jin Lee; Yong Bae Seo; Jin-Koo Kim; Gun-Do Kim

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2136982

The complete mitochondrial genome of threadfin butterflyfish, Chaetodon auriga (Chaetodontiformes: Chaetodontidae) and phylogenetic analysis

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Nov 4;7(11):1922-1924. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2136982. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Maheshkumar Prakash Patil¹, Jong-Oh Kim^{2

3}, Yu-Jin Lee⁴, Yong Bae Seo⁵, Jin-Koo Kim⁴, Gun-Do Kim^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Industry-University Cooperation Foundation, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Microbiology, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
³ School of Marine and Fisheries Life Science, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
⁵ Research Institute for Basic Science, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

Chaetodon auriga (Forsskal, 1775) belongs to the family Chaetodontidae and the order Chaetodontiformes. Here, we report the complete mitochondrial genome of C. auriga assembled using the Illumina MiSeq platform. The circular mitochondrial genome of C. auriga is 16,527 bp long, has an A + T content of 54.53%, and contains 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, and 2 rRNA genes), and a non-coding region. The overall nucleotide composition was A: 28.19%, T: 26.34%, G: 16.27%, and C: 29.20%. The mitochondrial genome of C. auriga contributes to revealing the phylogenetic relationships among species of the Chaetodontidae family.

Keywords: Chaetodon auriga; Chaetodontidae; mitogenome; phylogenetic analysis; threadfin butterflyfish.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by the Korea Institute of Marine Science & Technology Promotion (KIMST) funded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Korea (Project No. 20220572).