The complete mitochondrial genome of pitted stingray Bathytoshia brevicaudata (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatoidea)

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of pitted stingray, Bathytoshia brevicaudata (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatoidea) was investigated by next-generation sequencing. The analyzed mitochondrial genome was 17,640 nucleotides in length and had 59.2% for AT contents. This genome contains 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes. and 1 putative control region. Five protein-coding genes (ATPase6, COII, ND2, ND3, ND4) including incomplete stop codons and four tRNAs have atypical codons. The phylogenetic inference including 13 species of the same family revealed a close relationship with Pteroplatytrygon violacea. This is the first mitochondrial genome report from genus Bathytoshia.

Keywords:

• Bathytoshia brevicaudata
• Dasyatoidea
• mitochondrion genome
• phylogenetic analysis

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability

Mitogenome data supporting this study are openly available in NCBI: GenBank Accession Numbers - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MT780270 and Associated BioProject - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA657136.

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Funding

This research was part of the project titled ‘Development of Discrimination Method and On-site Kit for Geographical Origin of Fishery Product (Project No. 20200425)’, funded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Korea.