The complete mitochondrial genome of Patagonian moray cod, Muraenolepis orangiensis Vaillant, 1888 (Gadiformes, Muraenolepididae)

Eunkyung Choi; Seong Hee Park; Seung Jae Lee; Euna Jo; Jinmu Kim; Jeong-Hoon Kim; Jin-Hyoung Kim; Jong Seok Lim; Hyun Park

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1787275

The complete mitochondrial genome of Patagonian moray cod, Muraenolepis orangiensis Vaillant, 1888 (Gadiformes, Muraenolepididae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jul 9;5(3):2707-2708. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1787275.

Authors

Eunkyung Choi¹, Seong Hee Park², Seung Jae Lee¹, Euna Jo^{1

3}, Jinmu Kim¹, Jeong-Hoon Kim⁴, Jin-Hyoung Kim³, Jong Seok Lim², Hyun Park¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
² Department of Biological Science, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Korea.
³ Unit of Research for Practical Application, Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), Incheon, Korea.
⁴ Division of Polar Life Science, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, Korea.

Abstract

The full-length mitochondrial genome of Muraenolepis orangiensis (Vaillant, 1888) was studied using PacBio platform and it is first report in a Muraenolepididae family. The circular form of mitochondria genome is 16,833 bp including 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA, and 22 tRNA. Start codon of 13 protein-coding genes was only ATG but three types of stop codons (TAA, T(AA), and TAG) were detected. To evaluate evolutionary position of M. orangiensis, the phylogenetic tree with other 13 Antarctic fishes belonged to five families were showed that M. orangiensis is unique cluster as a Muraenolepididae family and this study would provide fundamental data to understand the evolutionary relationship of fishes founded in Antarctic area.

Keywords: Mitochondria genome; Muraenolepis orangiensis; PacBio; Patagonian moray cod.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by the Ecosystem Structure and Function of Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Antarctica project (PM20060), funded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries [20170336], Post-Polar Genomics Project: Functional genomic study for securing of polar useful genes [PE20040] funded by Korea Polar Research Institute and a Korea University Grant to H. P.