Complete mitochondrial genome of Cominate sea catfish Occidentarius platypogon (Siluriformes: Ariidae)

Abstract

The mitochondrion genome of Occidentarius platypogon was assembled from Illumina short reads, and consisted of 16,714 base pairs, with 13 protein-coding, two ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), and 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes. Base composition is 30.7% A, 26.4% T, 28.5% C, and 14.4% G, and 42.9% GC content. Two start codon (ATG and GTG) and seven stop codon (TAA, ACT, CCT, TTA, CAT, AAT, and TAG) patterns were found in protein-coding genes. Control region presented the highest A + T (64%) and lowest G + C content (35.7%) among all mitochondrial regions.

Keywords:

• Cominate sea catfish
• Occidentarius platypogon
• mitogenome
• de novo assembly

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Quetzalli Yasú Abadia-Chanona for help with figure composition. Thanks to Paul Mendivil and Juan Antonio Maldonado for their help in field and lab. NCSS and RLH were benefited for an economic support through the program Cátedras CONACYT (No.: 2137 and 3285 respectively).

Disclosure statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest. They alone are responsible for the content and writing of the manuscript.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the PROFAPI-UAS 2014 under Grant (No. 165; JSRP).