Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of brown barracuda, Sphyraena pinguis (Perciformes: Sphyraenidae)

Abstract

The entire mitochondrial genome sequence of Sphyraena pinguis collected from Korean water was determined by the Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology. Its total length was 16,620 bps in length, which possessed the canonical 37 genes in the eukaryotes. Unusual start codon was exclusively found in COX1(GTG), while incomplete stop codons (TA–/T—) were identified in ATP6, COX2, ND3, ND4, and Cyt b. A phylogenetic analysis with currently identified full mitogenomes in Perciformes, S. pinguis was most closely related to S. barracuda (76.87%) and S. jello (76.84%). This mitogenome sequence would explain the evolution of genus Sphyraena.

Keywords:

• Barracuda
• Miseq
• mitogenome
• Korea
• Sphyraena pinguis

Disclosure statement

The authors report that they have no conflicts of interest. The authors are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available in [GenBank database] [Sphyraena pinguis] at [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/], reference number [GenBank Number: MN967008].

Additional information

Funding

This research was supported by Pukyong National University Development Project Research Fund, 2020.