Lionfish, Pterois volitans Linnaeus 1758, the complete mitochondrial DNA of an invasive species

Abstract

The lionfish, Pterois volitans, native from the Indo-Pacific, has been found in Atlantic and Caribbean waters and is considered as an invasive species. Here we sequence its mitogenome (Genbank accession number KJ739816), which has a total length of 16,500 bp, and the arrangement consist of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes and 22 transfer RNA similar to other Pteroinae subfamily (family Scorpaenidae). This mitogenome will be useful for phylogenetic and population genetic studies of this invasive species.

• Invasive species
• mitochondrial genome
• Pterois volitans

Acknowledgements

The authors thank Maria del Carmen Garcia Rivas, director of Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve and National Reef Park of Xcalak, CONANP-SEMARNAT, for technical support.

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

Support was provided by CICESE and CIBNOR through the Subsistema Nacional de Recursos Genéticos Acuáticos, SUBNARGENA, of the Secretaría de Ganadería, Agricultura, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación, SAGARPA.