The complete mitochondrial genome of Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rüppell, 1829)

Abstract

Damselfishes (family Pomacentridae) comprise approximately 400 species that play an important ecological role in temperate and coral reefs. Here, for the first time, we assemble and annotate the mitochondrial genome of Dascyllus trimaculatus, the three-spot dascyllus, a planktivorous damselfish that primarily recruits in anemones. The circular genome of D. trimaculatus is 16,967 bp in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, and a control region. Gene arrangement and codon usage is similar to reported mitochondrial genomes of other damselfish genera, and a phylogenetic analysis of a set of damselfish representatives is consistent with known evolutionary analyses.

Keywords:

• Dascyllus trimaculatus mitochondrial genome
• Pomacentridae

Author contributions

Conception and design: JL, MBR, DTS, and GB; analysis and interpretation of the data: JL, MBR, DTS, and GB; drafting of the paper: GB; revision and final approval of the version to be published: JL, MBR, DTS, and GB. All authors are accountable for all aspects of the work.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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 no. ON556619. The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNA828170, SRR20942050, and SAMN27642109-DTR_Kuro_0920G, respectively.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by Marilyn C Davis Scholarship and American Association of University Women (through STARS Reentry program at UCSC), Burnand-Partridge Foundation and Dearmin Trust Honorary Fund Scholarships, tuition support by a Dissertation Quarter Fellowship (UCSC) to MBR. D.T.S. was supported by the US National Science Foundation [GRFP DGE 1339067], the US National Science Foundation [DEB-1542679] to Steven Haddock, and the European Research Council’s Horizon 2020: European Union Research and Innovation Programme, Grant No. [945026] to Oleg Simakov.