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Complete mitochondrial genome of darkfin hind Cephalopholis urodeta (Perciformes, Epinephelidae)
Minglan Guo1, Hui Huang1,2, Yongli Gao1,3
1Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Abstract:
Darkfin hind, Cephalopholis urodeta, belongs to the subfamily Epinephelinae. It is one of the most important fish species in coral-reef ecosystem. In this study, the complete mitochondrial (mt) genome of C. urodeta has been determined. It was 16,592 bp in length and contained 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes and 2 non-coding regions. The mitogenome sequence of C. urodeta shared 94% and 92% similarity to that of C. sonnerati and C.sexmaculata, respectively. Phylogenetic tree was made based on the concatenated sequences of 12 protein-coding genes on mtH-strand. All the results provide insights into the evolution in the subfamily Epinephelinae.
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