Complete mitochondrial genome sequence for the black croaker Atrobucca nibe (Perciformes, Sciaenidae) and its phylogeny

Abstract

The blackmouth croaker, Atrobucca nibe (Jordan & Thompson, 1911), is one of the most important economic fish in China. The mitogenome of A. nibe was determined in this study. The full circle length of the complete mitochondrial DNA was 16,505 bp. It contained 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and a control region (D-loop). All 21 tRNA genes can fold into a typical cloverleaf structure except for tRNASer (AGY). The phylogenetic analysis revealed that A. nibe clustered into the three species of Sciaenidae (Pennahia microcephalus, Chrysochi aureus and Protonibea diacanthus).

Keywords

• mitochondrial dna
• atrobucca nibe
• sciaenidae