Analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Japanese butterflyfish, Chaetodon nippon (Chaetodontiformes, Chaetodontidae)

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

doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2185080

Analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Japanese butterflyfish, Chaetodon nippon (Chaetodontiformes, Chaetodontidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2023 Mar 13;8(3):389-392. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2023.2185080. eCollection 2023.

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

Japanese butterflyfish (Chaetodon nippon) belong to the family Chaetodontidae and order Chaetodontiformes. It has circular mitochondrial genome of 16,507 bp in length with 55.4% of A + T content and has 37 genes, including 22 tRNA, 2 rRNA, and 13 protein-coding genes, in addition to a control region. The results of phylogenetic analysis indicated that the C. nippon, C. wiebeli, C. auripes, C. auriga, C. octofasciatus, C. speculum, and C. modestus are closely related to each other. The findings of this study will provide useful genetic information for further phylogenetic and taxonomic classifications of Chaetodontidae.

Keywords: Chaetodon nippon; Chaetodontidae; Japanese butterflyfish; mitogenome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This research was part of the project titled ‘Development of Discrimination Method and On-site Kit for Geographical Origin of Fishery Product (Project No. 20200425), funded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Republic of Korea.