The complete mitochondrial genome of the altum angelfish Pterophyllum altum (Pellegrin, 1903)

Abstract

In this study, the complete mitogenome sequence of the altum angelfish Pterophyllum altum (Pellegrin, 1903) has been sequenced by next-generation sequencing method. The mitogenome consists of 16 495 bp, including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs and 2 ribosomal RNAs genes. The overall base composition of P. altum is 27.5% for A, 30.3% for C, 15.5% for G, and 26.7% for T, which shows a 92% identity to P. scalare. The complete mitogenome of the P. altum provides essential and important DNA molecular data for further phylogeography and evolutionary analysis for the genus Pterophyllum phylogeny.

• Mitogenome
• next-generation sequencing
• Pterophyllum altum

Declaration of interest

This work was supported by a grant from Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Aquatic Animal Genetics and Breeding (ZF1206). The authors report no conflict of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.