The complete mitochondrial genome of the palette surgeonfish, Paracanthurus hepatus (Perciformes: Acanthuridae)

Abstract

In this study, the complete mitogenome sequence of the palette surgeonfish, Paracanthurus hepatus (Perciformes: Acanthuridae), has been sequenced by next-generation sequencing method. The assembled mitogenome was 16 498 bp in length, consisted of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, 2 ribosomal RNAs genes. The overall base composition of palette surgeonfish was 28.6% for A, 28.6% for C, 16.3% for G, 26.4% for T and showed 87% identities to somber surgeonfish Zebrasoma flavescens. The complete mitogenome of the palette surgeonfish provides essential and important DNA molecular data for further phylogeography and evolutionary analysis for surgeonfish’s phylogeny.

• Mitogenome
• next generation sequencing
• palette surgeonfish

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. This work was supported by Xiamen Southern Oceanographic Center (No. 14GZY019NF19), and Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (No. 2013J05029).