Abstract
The genus Triplophysa is an ideal taxon for understanding geological evolution. In this study, for the first time, we report the complete mitochondrial genome of T. nanpanjiangensis Zhu and Cao 1988 using the Nanopore sequencing. It is a circular genome with a length of 16558 bp, comprising 22 tRNAs, 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two rRNAs, and one non-coding control region. The phylogenetic tree demonstrates that T. nanpanjiangensis is sister to Triplophysa zhenfengensis and placed within the genus Triplophysa. Our mitogenomic studies provide a new pathway for understanding the molecular phylogeny of the genus Triplophysa.
Ethics statement
This study was approved by Guizhou University. The experiments were conducted in accordance with ethical guidelines of Guizhou University. Animal welfare and experimental procedures were carried out in accordance with the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Ministry of Science and Technology of China, 2006).
Author contributions
Z.Q. Liang, Z.G. Xie and H.B. Jiang conceived the study; J.Z. Zhao, Z.Q. Liang, L. Zou and L. Tian collected the voucher specimens; Z.Q. Liang identified the species; J.Z. Zhao, L. Zou and M.Q. Liu performed DNA analysis in the laboratory; J.Z. Zhao, L. Tian, L. Zou and M.Q. Liu wrote the manuscript; Z.Q. Liang, H.B. Jiang and Z.G. Xie revised it critically, All authors agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
Data availability statement
The consensus genome sequence is openly available in GenBank of NCBI at [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov] under the accession no. OQ274895. The associated BioProject, SRA and BioSample numbers are PRJNA939422, SRR23646241 and SAMN33476296, respectively.