The complete mitochondrial genome of striped large-eye bream, Gnathodentex aureolineatus (Teleostei, Lethrinidae)

Abstract

Striped large-eye bream, Gnathodentex aureolineatus (Lacepède, 1802), is of high economic value and has important ecological functions in coral reefs. However, the genetic information of this species is quite limited, and there is taxonomical difficulty in the family Lethrinidae. Here, we present the complete mitochondrial genome of G. aureolineatus obtained with a long PCR approach and Sanger sequencing. The mitogenome was 16,940 bp in length, consisting of 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, and 22 transfer RNA genes) and two non-coding regions. Both maximum-likelihood and Bayesian inference phylogenetic trees placed the genus Gnathodentex sister to Monotaxis within Lethrinidae. These results contribute toward the taxonomy, conservation, and phylogeny of Lethrinidae.

Keywords

• striped large-eye bream
• mitogenome
• phylogenetics