The complete mitochondrial genomes of Pangasius nasutus and P. conchophilus (Siluriformes: Pangasiidae)

Siti Amalia Aisyah Abdul Halim; Yuzine Esa; Han Ming Gan; Amir Asyraf Zainudin; Siti Azizah Mohd Nor

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2158694

The complete mitochondrial genomes of Pangasius nasutus and P. conchophilus (Siluriformes: Pangasiidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2023 Jan 2;8(1):38-41. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2158694. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Siti Amalia Aisyah Abdul Halim¹, Yuzine Esa^{1

2}, Han Ming Gan³, Amir Asyraf Zainudin¹, Siti Azizah Mohd Nor⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia.
² International Institute of Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Port Dickson, Malaysia.
³ Department of Biological Sciences, Sunway University, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
⁴ Institute of Marine Biotechnology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.

Abstract

The catfish, Pangasius nasutus and P. conchophilus, are often misidentified between each other due to their similar morphology. Thus, the current study was conducted to differentiate them based on a molecular approach. The complete mitochondrial genomes of P. nasutus and P. conchophilus obtained from the Pahang River (Peninsular Malaysia) were sequenced, assembled, and annotated using next-generation sequencing (NGS). A 16,465 bp and 16,470 bp length mitogenome sequence of P. nasutus and P. conchophilus, respectively, was generated, each containing 13 protein genes, 22 tRNAs, and two rRNAs, typical of most vertebrates. This is the first report of the complete mitochondrial genome sequences of P. nasutus and P. conchophilus. These data are a valuable genetic resource for future studies of these two commercially important species.

Keywords: Pangasius conchophilus; Pangasius nasutus; mitochondrial genome; next-generation sequencing (NGS); phylogenetic.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Ministry of Higher Education (Malaysia) under the LRGS research grant (LRGS/1/2019/UPM/01/1/1) - 'Selective breeding for high quality seed productions and establishment of larval and juvenile culture techniques of Pangasius nasutus'. Permission to collect the samples in Pahang River was granted by the Department of Fisheries Malaysia.