Complete mitochondrial genome of the beaubrummel Damselfish, Stegastes flavilatus (Pisces: Perciformes, Pomacentridae)

Abstract

The mitogenome of the beaubrummel damselfish, Stegastes flavilatus Gill, 1862 (Genebank accession number KP136922), has a total length of 16,816 bp. It encodes 13 protein-coding, two ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), and 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes. Base composition is 28.6% A, 26.0% T, 29.8% C, and 15.7% G and 45.5% GC content. The gene arrangement was found to be the same of other pomacentrid mitogenomes.

Keywords:

• Damselfish
• mitogenome
• Stegastes flavilatus

Declaration of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. This research was support by CONACYT – SEMARNAT – INE grant 023390 (awarded to L. E. Calderón Aguilera, CICESE). Authors acknowledge L. E. Calderón Aguilera for his contribution to this paper. The first author benefited from a graduate fellowship from CONACYT to support her Ph.D. program in Marine Ecology at Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE). Sampling was carried out with permit “Permiso de pesca de fomento No. DGOPA.04552.040711.1798, folio 1798”.