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Abstract
This is the first report on the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of South African Thyrsites atun (Euphrasén, 1791) and its phylogenetic placement within the Gempylidae family. The complete mitogenome of snoek is 16,494 bp in length and comprises 2 rRNAs, 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, and one control region. Gene order is similar to that found in gempylids and other marine fishes. Reconstruction of Gempylidae phylogeny implies that the mitogenomes of snoek, black snoek Thyrsitoides marleyi, and snake mackerel, Gempylus serpens are closely related in evolutionary terms.
Acknowledgments
The authors thank the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment for providing the tissue sample. The authors thank all staff at the Central Analytical Facility, Stellenbosch University who assisted in the sequencing of this sample.
Ethical approval
The study was exempted from ethical approval or permissions. The sample used in the current study was donated by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment of Cape Town, South Africa.
Authors’ contributions
The authors confirm their contribution to the paper as follows; study conception and design: R.R.W., A.B.M.; analysis and interpretation of results: S.M.; draft manuscript preparation: S.M. All authors reviewed the results and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Disclosure statement
The authors report no conflict of interest.
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 accession no. OP133162. The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNA878677, SRP396379, and SAMN30747289, respectively.