Description and comparison of two economically important fish species mitogenomes: Prochilodus argenteus and Prochilodus costatus (Characiformes, Prochilodontidae)

Abstract

Prochilodus spp. are important Brazilian freshwater migratory fishes with substantial economic and ecological importance. Prochilodus argenteus and Prochilodus costatus are morphologically similar and a molecular species delimitation is impaired due to high degree of sequence identity among the available genetic markers. Here, the complete mitochondrial genome of P. argenteus and P. costatus and their comparison to the mitogenome of P. lineatus are described. The three species displayed a similar mtDNA annotation. A phylogenetic analysis was performed with other Characiformes species. The genus Prochilodus was recovered as a monophyletic group, as well as the family Prochilodontidae, both with high bootstrap probability.

• Complete mtDNA
• curimba
• curimba-pacu
• curimba-pioa
• next-generation sequencing

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. This study was supported by CEMIG (Projects GT455 Agreement number 4020000572), Peixe Vivo (Contract number 4570011274/510), and CAPES (Process 23038.006839/2014-33).