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Abstract
We describe the mitochondrial genome of the Menticirrhus littoralis and infer the phylogenetic position of Menticirrhus in the family Sciaenidae. The genome contains 16,499 base pairs distributed in gene regions (13 protein-coding regions, 2 rRNAs and 22 tRNAs) and a control region (CR). Our phylogenetic analysis suggests, with strong statistical support, that Menticirrhus is a sister group of the other sciaenids.
Acknowledgements
We thank Dra. Luciana Watanabe for assistance with laboratory work and Dra. Fabiola Seabra for help with taxonomy and sample processing.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
Data availability statement
The whole mitochondrial genome are available at NCBI with the GenBank accession no. MT199157.
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Funding
This work was supported by funds provided by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq (Grants No. 306041/2017-0).