The complete mitochondrial genome of Stolephorus insularis (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) and phylogenetic studies of Engraulidae

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of this species was first determined in this study. We describe the complete mitogenome of Stolephorus insularis in this study. The mitogenome is 16711 nucleotides long and contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and two main non-coding regions. The overall base composition includes A (28.0%), C (26.8%), T (27.8%), and G (17.4%). Furthermore, the 13 PCGs encode 3624 amino acids in total. All the PCGs use the initiation codon ATG except COI uses GTG, most of them have TAA or TAG as the stop codon, except three PCGs (COII, ND4, and Cytb) use an incomplete stop codon T. The phylogenetic tree based on the neighbour-joining method was constructed to provide relationship within Engraulidae, which could be a useful basis for management of this species.

Keywords

• stolephorus insularis
• mitogenome
• phylogenetic relationship