Abstract
Cheilinus trilobatus Lacépède, 1801 is a species of genus Cheilinus. In this study, we sequenced the complete mitochondrion genome of C. trilobatus. The mitochondrial genome was 17,292 bp, consisting of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes, and one non-coding control region (D-loop). The nucleotide composition was 27.31% A, 25.1% T, 17.23% G, and 30.36% C. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that C. trilobatus was closely related to Cheilinus oxycephalus. The complete mitogenome of C. trilobatus provided basic data for the genetic diversity conservation of this species.
Author contributions
C.H. Li designed and conceived this work. T. Wang, Y.P. Li, Y. Liu, Y.Y. Xiao, P. Wu, and L. Lin collected the samples. Q. Ma conducted DNA experiment and analyzed the data. All authors read, revised, and approved the final manuscript.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
Data availability statement
The genome sequence data that support the findings of this study are openly available in GenBank of NCBI at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov under the accession number OM994969. The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNA820490, SRR18531815, and SAMN27010482, respectively.