The complete mitochondrial genome of Tachysurus virgatus (Oshima 1926) (Siluriformes: Bagridae) and its phylogenetic status

Abstract

Tachysurus virgatus (Oshima 1926) is a small and benthic Bagridae species that resides in the Southern China and Viet Nam. Currently, limited published genetic information has hindered our understanding of this species. In the current study, the complete mitochondrial genome of T. virgatus was determined using next generation sequencing, which was 16,524 base pairs (bp) in length and identical to most genomes of bony fishes. Phylogenetic analyses supported four clades (I, II, III, and IV) occurring in the family Bagridae and T. virgatus formed an independent clade that was sister to the clades I and II.

Keywords:

• Tachysurus virgatus
• mitochondrial genome
• phylogenetic analyses

Ethical approval

Experiments were performed in accordance with the recommendations of the Ethics Committee of Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences. These policies were enacted according to the Chinese Association for the Laboratory Animal Sciences and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) protocols.

Disclosure statement

All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Data accessibility statement

The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in GenBank of NCBI at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, reference number MT647840.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by National Key R&D Program of China [2018YFD0900902] and Project of Innovation Team of Survey and Assessment of the Pearl River Fishery Resources [2020TD-10 and 2020ZJTD-04].