Complete mitochondrial genome of yellow grouper Epinephelus awoara (Perciformes, Epinephelidae)

Abstract

In this paper, the complete mitochondrial (mt) genome of Epinephelus awoara has been determined. The mt genome (16,802 bp) had the canonical mt gene content and arrangement, including 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and 2 non-coding regions. The overall base composition of the Heavy-strand is 28.47% A, 27.29% T, 16.54% G, and 27.70% C, with an AT content of 56.76%. It shared 92.6%, 85.5%, 86.1%, 84.9%, and 85.7% identities with that of Epinephelus akaara, Epinephelus bruneus, Epinephelus coioides, Epinephelus lanceolatus and Epinephelus moara, respectively.

Keywords::

• Epinephelus awoara
• Perciformes
• mitochondrial genome

Declaration of interest : Research supported financially by the project of Seed industry innovation and industrialization of Fujian Province of China (the subtopic of grouper). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.